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Drawing2978/22

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a human in the process of transformation. The head is hidden in the body and is of a bear like creature. In the human's body are two human faces facing each other. The human's fingers are elongated and claw like. Behind the human is a large grey wolf/bear creature with human hands. At the upper left corner of the image is a figure with a purple body and green face who appears to be watching the scene. Immediately below this figure is a human holding a bear in his hands. This bear is playing a tugging game with another bear. To the upper right are two humans and another bear. Below and to the left is a dog with its paws on the wolf/bear figure. Sanavik embossed stamp in lower left corner, with ink stamp on reverse. Pencil inscription on reverse with name, date.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/21

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a large spread-winged screaming bird. Above the wings on either side peep two purple wolf heads. On the wings are two human/bird faces with green beaks. Under the wings are two human faces. In the body of the bird are two human faces facing each other. Coming out from the body of the bird are two yellow fish tails. Below are two orange fish tails with human faces. Below are two green fish tails.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/20

Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of black paper. In the upper right is a man wearing a parka with green trim who is caught between two bears both of which are standing on their hind legs. Below the bear to the right is a man in a parka with red trim. He is riding a musk-ox and attacking the bear to the left with a spear. Below the musk-ox is a fish swimming towards a man - the only parts of the man visible are his hands and his head above the water. He faces left. To his left is a man in the water spearing fish with a kakivak. The man is wearing a parka with green trim and only his torso is visible. Two fish are to the left of his kakivak. To their left is a woman wearing an amautiq with blue trim - only her torso is visible. Above the woman is a yellow bear attacking a man in a parka with pink trim. The man holds a knife in his right hand. Immediately above the man is a woman with her back to the viewer, wearing an amautiq with blue trim. She is tending a pot on rocks over a fire. Above her is a man in a parka, with pink trim, shooting a bow and arrow at the bears. Above him is a dog on a chain. To the left is a canvas tent. Inuit syllabics are handwritten along the upper right edge.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/19

Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of black paper. Imagery represents the Legend of Two-Headed Dog. Image can be divided into four areas: a right-hand column, an upper row, a central scene and a scene in the lower left corner. The right side column consists of five snow houses. All have entrances facing left. In the bottom house all the people have red heads. There are six people asleep on the sleeping platform, two in one bag, one in his own bag, and three in another bag. Above this house is a sled. In the house above all the people have mauve heads. There are four of them sleeping on the sleeping platform - one in a green bag, two in a green bag and one in a purple bag. Above this house is a sled. In the next house, three of the people have yellow heads and one has a mauve head. The one with the mauve head is in a brown bag, one of the others has his/her own bag. The other two share a bag. A sled rests at an angle above this house. In the next house, all the people have red heads. Two share one bag and two share another bag. A sled is sitting on the ground above this house. The next house is the uppermost house and forms the beginning of the upper row of images. A man is kneeling beside this house preparing his sled. The same man is shown crawling out of the house. To the left we see four versions of the man as he moves with his bow and arrows. The central scene shows a man wearing a parka sitting on a two-headed dog. He is controlling each dog with a harness around its neck. A man is kneeling to the left aiming his bow and arrow at the two-headed creature. In the scene at the bottom left there is a small circular body of water into which the man and the dog are diving. Inuit syllabics are handwritten along the upper right edge.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/18

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a large bird attacking humans and being attacked by them. Bird is coloured to look similar to a snowy owl. To the left of the bird is a man in a parka holding a knife and aiming at the bird's eye. Below is a man falling over as the bird attacks him. To the left is a green bird with red spots. Below is a woman in an amautiq looking up in fear. Immediately below her is the torso of a man holding a knife. Below the bird is a man held in the bird's claws with his mouth open. To the right of the bird is a man holding a knife aiming at the bird. Below is another man with one knee on the ground aiming a knife at the bird. Sanavik embossed stamp in lower left corner, with ink stamp on reverse. Pencil inscription on reverse with name, date.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/17

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a large bird in the process of consuming a person. Inside the bird's stomach we can see a dead man, a dead woman, three dead human heads, three dead dogs(?) and a fish. On top of the bird from left to right are a human head, a bird, and three human heads. To the right of the bird is a humanlike figure with claw hands and sharpened teeth. Below the bird, from left to right, are a human head, a wolf/dog head, a bird head, and another wolf/dog head.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Keeveeok's FamilyNa1477

Black and white image of a central human-like figure bending over with a bird-like head and neck. On top of the neck, there is a bird-like figure with upswept wings and human-like feet. Below, there is another bird-like figure with wings tucked into the body and human-like feet. In the middle left side, there are two plants. All figures are facing to the left side. In the lower left corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Keeveok's Family 42/50 1970 Mummookshoarhuk, Mary Pootook'. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on vertically rectangular beige paper.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing1668/4

Two pairs of humans, one pair at either side, facing each other while looking above them on a white background. From left to right, the humans are wearing the following colours with their clothing: brown, black, green, and orange. Above the humans, there are two brown birds, each standing on a brown rock on a blue background, and holding a fish in between them with their mouths while another fish is below, facing in the opposite direction to the right side compared to the fish in their mouths. In the lower right portion there is a yellow dog and a green snake moving toward the left side. In pencil, in the upper right corner, there is syllabic. The drawing is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Boy and His Grandmother Tricks the Mean People1749/35

A water scene with fifteen humans in white coats. Some humans are in kayaks. There are seven black human/fish figures in the blue/white water. Coats are trimmed with blue, brown, orange, and green. In the lower right corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'The boy and his grandmother tricks the mean people 34/60 1980 V. MUMNSHUALUK, M. UDATIKU'. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on horizontally rectangular white paper.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing1668/10

Striped, mountainous landscape with six human faces, one wolf or dog, and two heads of wolves or dogs. Mountains and sky have many multi-coloured zig zag lines. In the top centre, there are two hooded figures facing each other. In pencil, in the lower right corner, there is syllabic. The drawing is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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