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Carving

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Accession no.: Y: 62/12
Title: Carving
Description: Carving, soapstone. Artist: Qarik, Netslingmiut (Netsilik Inuit), Back River, District of Keetwatin, Nunavut, Canada, before 1962.
Object type: Carving
Artist: Qarik
Classified name:
Current cultural affiliation: Netsilingmiut
Former cultural affiliation: Netsilik Eskimo
Cultural subgroup: Utkuhikhalingmiut
Current place name: Canada > Nunavut > District of Keewatin > Back River
Keyword(s): Carvings
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Carving: Made of grey soapstone, of seated human figure and bear. Human has legs and arms outstretched touching hind legs and forelegs of bear. Flat face is carved with triangular nose, straight incision for mouth and circular depressions for eyes. Bear is carved with deeply incised mouth, circular depressions for eyes and ears and triangular tail.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 55mm; height: 130mm; length: 145mm; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm