Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3040/88 a-d

Three carved walrus (parts b-d) on a stone base representing an ice floe (part a). Each walrus has inset eyes filled with a black substance (baleen?) and inset tusks. Two of the walrus carvings (parts b-c) have holes to sit over pegs in the base; the third (part d) has a peg stuck in the hole. One of the walrus figures has an extra peg hole on its back.


  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material walrus tusk, stone, baleen
  • Measurements height 8.0 cm, width 11.7 cm, depth 5.0 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 fair
  • Accession Number 3040/0088 a-d