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Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Miniature carving of an oil lamp with wick (part b). The lamp’s bowl is shallow and flattened at the back. At the centre of the back of the bowl there is a row of red plastic bumps. The base has deep notches along all four sides. The wick is rounded at one end tapering down to a flat edge on the other. It is slightly curved near the middle.
Model stone Coppermine-style igloo on a stone base with a removable igloo top (part b), and a loose bone piece (part c) The base (part a) consists of the lower part of the house. It includes two seated figures in the main room and a child-sized figure playing with a dog in the mouth of the igloo. The three figures all have simple stylized features with long almond-shaped eyes, a triangular nose and an open oval mouth. All three are dressed in parkas. The house contains several miniature tools made of bone or wood. On the base outside the igloo is a small spear made of bone (part c) resting on a sled. There are two small copper posts which hold the igloo top in place on the base. The igloo consists of a dome connected to a short rounded tunnel. White etched lines on the exterior form a brick pattern.
Wooden carving of a man driving a sled led by a team of three dogs. A piece of black leather is wrapped through both hands and loops around the front dog’s lead. The three black dogs are adorned with harnesses of brown and tan hide and small pieces of wood. They are connected to the sled by very light tan strips of hide. All three dogs’ mouths have curled tails and dark red tongues protruding from their open mouths. The figure wears a parka with the hood pulled up around his face. He has simple features including a straight mouth and eyebrows, rounded eyes and a squared off nose. Directly in front of the driver is an open-topped box containing a miniature wooden hatchet (part c), shovel (part d) and machete (part e). A dark brown long gun (part b) rests across the top of the box. In front of the box there is a plump wooden seal (part f). It has two short fore flippers folded down over its chest. It has two small tail nestled between the two short hind flippers. On base: artist name and 'Eskimo Craft Charles Camsell Hospital Edmonton'.
Tall cylindrical jar. Neck is concave with a flaring rim, and a smooth slope to the sharp shoulder. The body is made of 9 long, somewhat irregular facets. A thick glaze covers the jar inside and out in a mix of dark yellow, red and black. The base is unglazed.
Veraguas style terracotta ovoid-shaped vessel with off-set oval opening and a flared rim, zoomorphic handle.. The mouth sits on one side of the top of the pot, and has a large, flaring rim. Opposite it is a wide, protruding head of a creature, perhaps a frog, with incised mouth and protruding eyes and nose. The head serves as a small handle. Thin arms, bent at elbow, and hands are situated to the front, in bas relief.
Terracotta painted pot missing all three legs, with figure eight design. The round pot has a wide mouth with neck that angles inward to shoulder, then flaring out to a sharp hip, with a rounded bottom. Round breakage marks regularly spaced on base indicate that the pot may have once had three attached legs. The pot is painted on the inner rim with encircling lines of dark brown and rust, with similar on the outer rim and hip. Figure 8 patterns are painted on the body, interspersed with vertical lines. The base has thick rust coloured lines surrounding the breakage marks of the legs.
Bulbous terracotta pot with flattened applique figure. The large pot has a flared, uneven rim, narrowing toward the mouth, and flaring again below the neck. The midpoint is bulbous and wider than the top half, curving inward toward a rounded bottom. The only decoration is a bas relief figure of a creature with a human like head that protrudes from the shoulder of the pot, with protruding legs and feet and slightly outset hands. The creature’s large round wings are carved into the pot on either side. The figure is coloured a light brown while the rest of the pot is a burnished dark red-orange.
Tricolour terracotta painted bowl has a wide mouth with inwardly sloping rim, bulbous at the shoulder, and narrowing to a slightly rounded bottom. The bowl has an intricately decorated outer rim, with checked patterns, vertical and diagonal lines, and colour blocks. On the shoulder are encircling lines of dark brown and rust, with regularly placed decorative circles below. The interior is painted a rust colour, with a dark brown rim.
Terracotta tripod vessel with legs representing grimacing monkeys. Shallow round pot with straight sides inclining inwards. The shoulder is low and sharp and leads to a slightly rounded bottom. The pot balances on three legs, two carved into animal heads, with the third leg’s head partially missing. The heads have a long snout with large canine teeth. Round eye holes are bored through the clay into the hollowed head. Round ears protrude from each side of the head. One of the mouths contains a small round clay ball that creates a rattling sound when moved. The pot is burnished a dark orange and a patterns of encircling lines can be discerned in spots along the body.
Doll inside a hide carrier. The doll’s head protrudes out of the top of the carrier and wears a fur trimmed hood that ties under the chin. Each eye is a small black bead, with three red beads creating the mouth. The doll wears a rawhide top decorated with fringe on the shoulders and stitched closed down the front. Hands are crossed over the stomach. The carrier is closed tightly around the doll by thongs that crisscross across the front. Brown fur covers the sides and back of the carrier, a strip of white fur partially covers the back from top to bottom, and a rawhide fringe decorates the top back.