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FigureNa1239

Sphinx-like bird with two rounded feet (?) extending out in front; rounded chest, short curved beak, and oval eyes on each side of flattened head. Eight parallel horizontal lines around back of head and ridged back slopes down to end with hump about halfway. Light and dark fissures through mottled stone. Co-op sticker on bottom reads '1121'. Two rows of characters are inscribed on the bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1225

Stylized figure with fish head on one end, large triangular wing extending up from back and body with bent leg stretched out in a line with head. Head and body are squared off. Fish has large, open mouth with serrated edges. Oval eyes in slightly concave area on either side of rounded nose. Wing tapers from body to top and is relatively square on front and top, and angled along back edge to top. Seven parallel grooves along each side of edge. Body is blockish and slopes down to leg which angles up to triangular, wedge-shaped foot. Mottled green stone with chip on top, back of wing. Indistinct characters are inscribed in bottom. Sticker reads 'jh6546i 215'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1222

Stylized standing figure carved from mottled green stone; narrow in frontal view, profile shows large rounded stomach and curved wing-tail, reminiscent of coat tails, above curved leg ending in foot which curves up at front. Eagle-like head, flat on top, crooked beak and protruding eye on either side.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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