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Carving

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Accession no.: Y: 74/9/4
Title: Carving
Description: Carving, Polar Bear, ivory. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). North Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1920s.
Object type: Carving
Classified name:
Current cultural affiliation: Iglulingmiut
Former cultural affiliation: Iglulik Eskimo
Current place name: Canada > Nunavut > Qikiqtaaluk
Former place name: Canada > Northwest Territories > Baffin Island
Keyword(s): Carvings
Field collection:
Person: munn
Place: Canada > Nunavut > Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island) > north
Date: 1920s
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Carving: Ivory of a Polar Bear standing with legs apart. Incised ears, eyes, nostrils and mouth are blackened. Downturned triangular tail.
Related records:
  • SPRI Archives 069.41 (Major) John Pares
  • MS 987/3/1-2; D Letter from J.B. Harkin, 1922; MS 987/4;D Letter from O.S. Finnie, 1924.
  • SPRI Picture Library - 1. Photograph collection (3 albums, loose prints, and negatives - landscapes, ships, Inuit). Negatives (Boxed photographs (*3); 2. 7 sets of photographs of Greenland Inuit, land, clothing, ships and crews, 1920-9. Boxed photographs (*3)[1920-]; 3. Albums containing photographs mainly of Inuit; also ships, Arctic scenes (Baffin Island, Canada, 1920-9). Boxed photographs; 4. Collection of photographs formerly belonging to Henry Toke Munn (3 albums and loose prints) Picture Library.
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