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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.28 a-c
Description
The typical Inuit Ulu has a light brown bone handel with a piece of metal stuck in the center to support the cutting piece. The cutting blade is triangular in shape with a rounded bottom edge. (b) 15.0 x 9.5 cm A light golden brown piece of bone cut and shaped into a scraper tool. This scraper is n…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Ulu, Scraper, Slingshot
Date
prior to 1988
Dimensions
15.2 x 12.5 cm
Description
The typical Inuit Ulu has a light brown bone handel with a piece of metal stuck in the center to support the cutting piece. The cutting blade is triangular in shape with a rounded bottom edge. (b) 15.0 x 9.5 cm A light golden brown piece of bone cut and shaped into a scraper tool. This scraper is narrow at one end for your hand and wider and thin at the other for the scraping action. At the narrow end there is a thin piece of skin threaded threw a hole and knotted used for hanging. (c) 89.0 x 4.5 cm A piece of skin with a wide spot in the center and a long strips stitched on either side used for a slingshot. The skin is light in color and also a light weight. At the end of one skin strip there is a hole and at the other there is a section that has been doubled up and stitched. The center piece has two holes in the center.
Subject
activity
hunting
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.28 a-c
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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1952
Medium
stone; ivory
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.28
Description
grey stone sculpture of a walrus lying down and looking to the side. The walrus has one white tusk and a hole for another.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Walrus
Date
c. 1952
Medium
stone; ivory
Dimensions
4.0 x 3.5 x 8.5 cm
Description
grey stone sculpture of a walrus lying down and looking to the side. The walrus has one white tusk and a hole for another.
Subject
animal
walrus
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.28
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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1930
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.43
Description
grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bird
Date
c. 1930
Dimensions
3.0 x 3.5 cm
Description
grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.43
Images
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