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Artist
Keeyougak
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
ivory; stone;
Catalogue Number
KeY.06.01 a,b
Description
(a) tusk 36.0x5.3x3.2, comes to a point, hollow at base. Incised both sides, one side has incised: fish, goose, flying bird, dog in harness and a man, all in brown colours. Other side has: walrus head, child sitting, walrus and a man with a rifle chasing a fox. There are some Inuit letters by chi…
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Artist
Keeyougak
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
ivory; stone;
Dimensions
39.1 x 7.5 cm
Description
(a) tusk 36.0x5.3x3.2, comes to a point, hollow at base. Incised both sides, one side has incised: fish, goose, flying bird, dog in harness and a man, all in brown colours. Other side has: walrus head, child sitting, walrus and a man with a rifle chasing a fox. There are some Inuit letters by child and walrus. A wooden peg (1.1 dia.) is jammed into bottom. (b) base, ca 7.2 dia. is of grey/green stone, hole drilled into centre.
Subject
animal
figure;male
fish
bird
walrus
scene
narrative
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KeY.06.01 a,b
Images
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