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| Accession no.: | Y: 2005/7/33 | ||||||
| Title: | Carving | ||||||
| Description: | Carving, soapstone. Artist: Simeonie Davidee (b. 1928). Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, before 1966. | ||||||
| Object type: | Carving | ||||||
| Artist: | Davidee, Simeonie | ||||||
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| Number of items: | 1 | ||||||
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Carving: Irregular-shaped black soapstone flecked with green. Carved in relief on one side (top to bottom): side view of a walrus facing left with pointed tusk, incised eye, nostril and whiskers, four claws incised on left fore flipper, hind flipper curved around body; side view of polar bear walking right with eye and mouth incised on pointed head; front view of human face, oval in shape with incised eyes, eyebrows and upturned mouth and carved nose at oblique angle; side view of polar bear walking left with eye and mouth incised on pointed head. Opposite side: side view of walrus facing left with pointed tusk, incised eye and whiskers, four claws incised on square left fore flipper, hind flipper curved around body. Incised on flat base: E7-56, syllabics (identify artist). Circular white paper label "116" glued to base. |
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