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