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Carving
Polar bear hunting scene
Artist
Davidee Piungituq
(b.1930)
Date
1974
Medium / Technique
Bone: whale; hide
Dimensions17 x 23.5 x 52 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts
CultureIndigenous: Inuit, Akudnirmiut
Origin
Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River), Nunavut, Canada
Geocultural Area
Eastern Arctic
Object NumberM2011.50.41.1-2
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Serge G. Morin
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