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Carving

Image
Accession no.: Y: 2005/7/45a-b
Title: Carving
Description: Carving, Bird (goose), ivory on base. Artist: Kapik Kolola (1926-1985), Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunvavut, Canada, 1961.
Object type: Carving
Artist: Kolola, Kapik
Classified name:
Current place name: Canada > Nunavut > Qikiqtaaluk > Kimmirut
Former place name: Canada > Northwest Territories > Baffin Island > Lake Harbour
Keyword(s): Carvings
Number of items: 2
Full description:

Carving (a) on base (b): Carving (a) of a Bird (goose) in ivory. Carved standing with a knob on the beak, square tail, and webbed feet. Mouth, eyes and nostrils incised and inlaid with black. Metal peg at centre of U-shaped black plastic? base (b) corresponds to hole on underside of bird between the legs. White paper label "14" on underside of bird and base.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 50mm; length: 72mm; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm
  • total including base) Height: 76mm