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Dish

MOA: University of British Columbia

3040/40

Oval dish with two bear heads, one at either end. Both heads have slight depressions as if for resting a cigarette on them. Bear faces' have incised eyes, nostrils, and mouths. The heads are attached to the dish via ivory pegs, while the feet of the dish are attached by iron screws.

  • Type of Item dish
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material narwhal tusk, baleen, iron metal, walrus tusk
  • Measurements height 3.8 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 3.2 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 3040/0040

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