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Mother Figure3528/11

Stone carving of a mother and child. The woman is standing and wearing an amauti type parka with the child at her right side in the pouch. The stone is dark grey-black with reddish highlights. Syllabics inscribed on bottom of feet.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bear Ring3528/25

Ivory coloured, carved ring with a polar bear straddling the top. The ring is thinner at the bottom, widening toward the carving; one side of the band becomes the front paws of the bear, the other side the back paws; the gap between each set of legs creates a circle. Tiny black dots mark the bear's eyes and nose; small black lines highlight the claws, and there are two small indents in the ears. The bear has a wide open mouth with an oval hole and two very small holes at each side of the mouth. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
ivory
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Goose Figure3528/20 a-b

Stone carving of a goose on a separate antler base (part b). Goose is made of polished black stone in a resting position with its head turned back. Fours lines are carved on the back to show wings; for eyes there are small circular lines with a tiny hole indented in the centre. The goose has a hole in the bottom at centre for the stand's peg. The antler stand is a Y-shaped piece with the ends rounded off, and a wooden peg inserted at the centre. Artist name and community inscribed on bottom of goose.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, caribou antler and wood
Made in
Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mother Figure3528/5 a-b

Whale bone carving of a woman and child. The main piece is the torso, head and raised arms of a woman, with the upper part of a child carved as if located in a hood on her back. Part b is a large separate whale bone knife that balances in her left hand. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walrus Carving3528/1 a-d

Three stone carvings representing a dancing walrus family, mother (part b), father (part c) and child (part d), pegged on top of a carved stone boot (part a). All pieces are in a green-grey stone; the boot and female in a lighter green, the male and child in a darker green, all with dark spots. Each walrus has plastic(?) inlay creating black and white eyes, and bone(?) tusks and bottom pegs adhered in place. There are three evenly spaced holes drilled in the top of the kamik-style carved boot. Artist syllabics are inscribed on the base of the boot.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, bone ?, plastic ? and adhesive
Made in
Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3528/37

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Skeletal type figure on all fours. It has a flipper-like hand and foot on its left side and a human-style hand and foot on the right side. The head has a long rounded snout with a small mouth slit underneath and black inlaid eyes. The skeletal body shows six layers of ribs and a long spine that ends in a small tail point. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth and baleen ?
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird Figure3528/32

Stone carving of a predator type bird (eagle?). Made of a grey-green stone with copper brown areas. Standing bird looking forward with its wings folded. Incised eyes. The abstract feet form a triangle for the base. The back of the wings, top of the head, tail, beak and base all have copper colouring. Artist inscription on base

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beluga Figure3528/19

White (beluga) whale attached to an antler base. Carved whale of tusk, with pectoral fins glued in place. Appears to have a wooden peg attached firmly to the flat antler base. Green ink has been added to the round incised eyes and the ]-shaped blowhole on top. The small tail appears to have been broken and reattached. Artist inscription on base in green marker.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, caribou antler, wood ?, ink and adhesive
Made in
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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