Sculpture: Lt grey Baker Lake stone; flat sculpture 4 radial spokes from hollow “sun” center; two “arms” broken and mened but not sanded and polished; “Alu” engraved in syllabics on flat base’s underside; max. h. 12.8 cm., w. 15.9 across bottom “arms.” Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Baker Lake and Arviat (Eskimo Point), Inuit; George Arluk. See p.6 of Graburn’s notes in Images of the North appraisal for add’l. information.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Arviat, Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)