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Carving
Shaman sitting on a walrus
Artist
Napatchie Noah
(1926)
Date
About 1964
Medium / Technique
Bone: whale
Dimensions48.5 x 39.4 x 28.5 cm (19 1/8 x 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.)
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts
CultureIndigenous: Inuit, Nunatsiarmiut
Geocultural Area
Eastern Arctic
Origin
Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay), Nunavut, Canada
Object NumberM2011.50.45
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Serge G. Morin
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