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FigureNa1080

Female form with arms slightly out from sides ending at hips. Round head with wide nose and forehead in higher relief than cheek area. Eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are indicated by horizontal lines. Diagonal lines curve under cheek from nose; breasts and stomach protrude. Footless legs are flat along inside edges and calves and knees protrude slightly. Crease along backbone and buttocks.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toggling Harpoon HeadNa1128

Degraded ivory tapering harpoon head with open rectangular socket at curved base with side to right of socket tapering to a point. Small diagonal slots on both sides of open socket are close together on opposite side. Line hole above socket; terminal blade end is broken with one side missing and part of one side of second also missing. Remnants of curvilinear designs terminating in small deeply drilled holes. Base is grey.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toggling Harpoon HeadNa1127

Ivory harpoon head with beveled edges and curving sides, flaring out at base; open rectangular socket with line hole above and thin blade slit at tapering rounded, terminal end above hole. Small enclosed slot parallel to socket on unbroken side, this side tapers to a point; opposite shorter side is broken roughly at socket. Incised curvilinear designs terminate in small deeply drilled holes. Overall appearance is mottled yellow-brown to dark brown. 'P-1827-1-d' is inscribed in black letters along socket slot.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlNa1126

Three sided bowl with rounded corners. Wide straight red-brown rim with two indented horizontal lines around circumference. Inner rim is beveled and flush joint shows faintly at outside. Brown bowl tapers to flat bottom. Centre bottom has small rectangular hole with six faint incised lines radiating out. Inner surface is rounded with a black rounded triangular insect-like creature painted at centre. Creature has a series of tiny vertical lines out from tail, bent legs on either side of head, tiny fin-like appendages above each leg, circular eyes and nostrils, and wide curved mouth with tiny lines indicating teeth. Three pronged line extensions from body.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, pigment, seal blood, charcoal and clay
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1125

Oval, human face mask with sculpture features, raised eyebrows curving into realistic nose with nostril holes, high cheeks, almond shaped eyes holes in depressions, and mouth slit in slightly raised area. Hole at top centre to back. Two holes on each side about 6 cm. apart with wire braided wire passing along sides, across back, connected and twisted together at centre. White numbers on back read '26746'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, metal and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1124

Oval, roughly carved face mask with green-brown stain and patchy grey pigment overall. Seal head appendage at top. Dark brown seal has incised eye slits and wide mouth slit. Notches indicate nostrils. Forehead of mask is higher than plane of face. Long, narrow, nose is nailed on with three metal nails. Nose is stained dark brown with red under stain and at bottom, scraped to bare wood at tip. Almond shaped eye holes below sloped lids. Two small holes below nose and downturned mouth hole with black over red lips. A hole on each side has a two strand twine cord tied between. Back is very uneven. Black #12 above #311 on side and faded '26920-2' in white.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment, stain, fibre, metal and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1122

Oval, stylized, dark brown human face with triangular nose. Face slopes off on either side and slopes off under nostril holes. Mouth is semi-circular hole, flat along bottom with carved Chinese-style green glass beads nailed just below mouth on either side. Series of pencil ? v's along a line from either side of mouth extending out to sides of mask. Curved pencil lines above almond shaped eye holes. A brittle hide ? strip passes through and is tied at small holes on either side of mask. Strip is knotted at centre. Back surface is smooth except at bevelled areas around holes and nose indentation. Black letters on one side read 'Nesk.20.p' and white numbers at bottom read '23757'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stain, skin ?, graphite mineral, metal and glass
Made in
Point Hope, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1123

Round, stylized human face mask with sides sloping up to eyebrows and mouth. Mouth is curved slit with flattened lip. Thin almond shaped eye holes on slope below curved brow ridge. Triangular nose in high relief. Faint dark triangle on chin, bands below nose indicating a moustache, also eyebrows and hair. Small holes drilled on either side. Evenly spaced series of holes along edge of mask do not go through to back. Screwed in metal hook at top centre back. Back surface is rough with 'nesk-7-ex' in black and '2-11991' in white letters. White stain on face.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stain and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool BoxNa1119 a-b

Brown bentwood oval box with lid (part b). Box is one piece, with bent sides with bevelled edges forming a flush side, sewn together with two parallel rows of baleen(?) and leather. Rectangular walrus tusk clasp between sewn rows with hooked appendage and six holes (or sets of holes), two form 'eyes' with hook as 'nose', attached through holes with leather strips. Two parallel grooves at top and bottom of sides. On opposite side is second walrus tusk rectangle with five sets of holes with leather strips attaching it to box. One top corner has wooden pegged (three) strip of wood; a longer damaged pegged (six) strip on end. Two holes on non-clasp side for attaching lid to box. Both are broken, remnants of one are on box, the other. Lid has a horizontal row on top of 7 beads with the central bead being light blue and the others being dark blue.

Culture
Inuit
Material
leather skin, walrus tusk, glass, wood and baleen ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SculptureNa1118

Stylized human figure which follows the form of a vertebral spine with a sawn heart-shaped face. The face has a notch at top centre, line across forehead, holes (part way through) for oval eyes, small circles for nostrils and a crescent at mouth. Sawn, rounded shoulders; deep channel indicating arms which sweep down at sides; body expands out into partially eroded, squared off centrum. Phalange (of spine) extends out from sawn area below figure at back. Back side of figure has channels along arms.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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