Figure
MOA: University of British Columbia
3040/54 a-b
Carving of a sitting bird (part a). Bird has incised feathers and tail and black inset eyes. Its beak is pointed and mouth is incised. The bird has a hole in base that fits on a peg in the narwhal tusk base.The base is cylindrical with a hole drilled through the centre. On the base is written in ink "Tooglee".
- Type of Item figure
- Culture Inuit
- Material walrus tusk, narwhal tusk, baleen
- Measurements height 6.7 cm, width 2.1 cm, depth 5.4 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 3040/0054 a-b