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Dish

MOA: University of British Columbia

3040/58

Oval dish with a bird at one end and an arctic hare at the other end. The bird is resting as if on water and has two inset black eyes. The hare is sitting with ears folded back and has two inset black eyes. One the base underneath the bird is written in ink "Nil-lil".

  • Type of Item dish
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material walrus tusk, narwhal tusk, baleen
  • Measurements height 5.6 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 3.5 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 3040/0058

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