Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing human-like figure with a cone-shaped head, wide circular eyes, and black inlay pupils. Rows of curved lines above eyes, imitating eyebrows; three diagonal lines extend from outer sides of eyes, onto cheeks. Nose done in relief with deep and flaring nostrils. Figure has a wide, partially open mouth, filled with square teeth; chin juts out. Thin body has a long torso, short legs, and small feet; arms stretched and partially curved in front of body. Small human-like face extends from front of figure, with arms that point straight down. Face is rectangular with black inlay pupils; raised circles in between eyes, and diagonal lines extend from the sides, onto cheeks. Nose is short and wide, with cutout nostrils. Open mouth rounds out at the sides; filled with square teeth. Space between main figure's body and the second's is hollow. Figure's feet and second figure's hands and mouth form base of carving. Unsigned.

• Narrative

  Donated by Stuart Buchanan Cameron in loving memory of his mother Mairel Jeannie Cameron (September 10, 1896-June 22, 1976). Cameron collected this set of tupilaqs while working at a DEW line station in Greenland, during the late 1950s or 1960s.

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• Type of Item figure
• Culture Inuit
• Material baleen, whale tooth
• Measurements height 11.4 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 4.8 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Stuart Buchanan Cameron, Mairel Johnston
• Received from Mairel Johnston

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• Made in Greenland

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• Creation Date during 1960
• Ownership Date before 2014, before July 28, 2024
• Acquisition Date on July 28, 2024

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• Item Classes carvings & sculpture
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3667/0008