Dish

MOA: University of British Columbia

3040/4

Small elongated, oval dish with two pedestal feet. There is a bird perched at each end of the dish facing outwards with their wings raised as if in flight. The bird species are written on the base in pencil: one is "Nowya" which is seagull (Nauja in Inuktitut), and the other is "Kiing-ma-la".


  • Type of Item dish
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material walrus tusk, narwhal tusk
  • Measurements height 3.0 cm, width 17.8 cm, depth 5.1 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Robert Clayton
  • Received from Robert Clayton

  • Made in Pangnirtung

  • Creation Date during 1950
  • Collection Date between 1949 and 1951
  • Ownership Date before December 1, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on December 1, 2013

  • Item Classes carvings & sculpture
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3040/0004