Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3040/26

Carving of a bird with a long spoonlike bill sitting as if on water (water represented by a rectangular piece of tusk). Bird has black inset eyes and incised feathers on its wings and tail. On the base is written twice in ink "Shejalea".


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material baleen, walrus tusk
  • Measurements height 4.2 cm, width 3.8 cm, depth 6.0 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 3040/0026