Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3040/33 a-b

Flying bird with an elongated neck, on a thin stick that attaches into a somewhat square-shaped jade base (part b). Bird has incised eyes and feathers.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material nephrite mineral, walrus tusk
  • Measurements height 10.9 cm, width 4.6 cm, depth 8.9 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 3040/0033 a-b