Sculpture; seal on ice floe & breathing hole; soft grey soapstone, wood peg; (a) seal, 8.5 cm.; (b) ice floe with breathing hole, peg (wood peg broken) , 11.5.cm; Co-op label on underside says (in ink) “4569 Kipaner”. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 86, for additional info.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Igloolik, 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)