Carving

MOA: University of British Columbia

3040/67 a-d

A stone base carved to represent an ice floe with four walrus carvings - one juvenile and three adults with tusks. One walrus is attached to the floe base (part a) while three are detached (parts b-d). Each detached walrus has a peg in the bottom to set it into a hole on the base. Whiskers and facial features are drawn on by pen. Stone base has semi-circular notches cut out of each side and a decorative incised border.


  • Type of Item carving
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material walrus tusk, stone, ink
  • Measurements height 6.8 cm, width 11.5 cm, depth 9.0 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 3040/0067 a-d