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Carving

Snowy owl

Artist Jobie Arnaituq (born 1948)

Date 1968

Medium / Technique Bone: whale

Dimensions25 x 40.5 x 23.3 cm (9 13/16 x 15 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts

CultureIndigenous: Inuit, Nunavimmiut

Origin Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay), Nunavik (Quebec), Canada

Geocultural Area Eastern Arctic

Object NumberM2011.50.28

DivisionIndigenous Cultures - Historical Objects

CollectionMcCord

CreditGift of Serge G. Morin

Status

Not on view

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