Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing figure with curving horns and a square-like head. Sunken black inlay eyes are directly under the horns, and they have diagonal lines above them, imitating eyebrows; large nostrils are carved in centre of face with straight and diagonal lines around them. Wide, open mouth is full of small square teeth; diagonal lines underneath bottom row of teeth. All carved lines around eyes and cheeks extend around sides of head. Figure is slightly hunched with their arms fully extended in front of their body, at an angle. Chest is flat before tapering at waist; legs bent slightly at knees and narrow to thin, curved feet. Figure's feet form the carving's base. 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 whale tooth, baleen
• Measurements height 12.4 cm, width 4.1 cm, depth 3.5 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 good
• Accession Number 3667/0016