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