Carved basalt fish with stand. Long, sleek char-like fish is carved with particular attention to fins, including protruding dorsal and adipose at top, caudal at back, and anal, pelvic and pectoral at bottom. All are carved with delicate horizontal lines. Gills are shown just behind the face. Fish is attached to a thick rectangular base of the same stone by two short wooden posts.

• Narrative

  Gigliotti was stationed in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaliut) as a meteorologist from 1952-54. During this period he acquired a small collection of Inuit objects from two Inuit men who were allowed to come out to the station. He was told the objects were from Cape Dorset.

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• Type of Item figure
• Culture Inuit
• Material basalt stone, wood
• Measurements height 7.0 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 24.7 cm (part a) height 4.7 cm, width 5.4 cm, depth 10.3 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Tom Gigliotti
• Received from Tom Gigliotti

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• Made in Cape Dorset, Kinngait
• Collected in Iqaluit

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• Creation Date before 1954
• Collection Date between 1952 and 1954
• Ownership Date before October 1, 2016
• Acquisition Date on October 1, 2016

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• Item Classes carvings & sculpture
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3202/0005 a-b