Carving
MOA: University of British Columbia
3064/1
Carving in green mottled stone of a seal flipper bag. Carving imitates a skin bag, leaning back in a slumped fashion, with a flat bottom. Bag is depicted closed with a drawstring at top, a looped handle standing above this. The lines of a seal’s flipper are carved into the bottom front.
- Type of Item carving
- Culture Inuit
- Material stone
- Measurements height 20.7 cm, width 20.0 cm, depth 13.0 cm (overall)
- Creator Qaqaq Ashoona
- Previous Owner Maurice Yacowar
- Received from Maurice Yacowar
- Made in Cape Dorset, Kinngait
- Creation Date between 1950 and 1996
- Ownership Date before May 30, 2014
- Acquisition Date on May 30, 2014
- Item Classes carvings & sculpture
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3064/0001