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Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsOn label, handwritten : Canada. / 1. Eskimo Grass Basket Ivory / Handles; that on Cover- / Woman with Baby in Hood. / Maker: Ikkomaa / (Hudson's Bay)
Date
About 1940
Medium / Technique
Plant: lyme grass; bone; skin: leather
Cut, carved, coiled and stitched
Cut, carved, coiled and stitched
DimensionsAltogether: 25 × 29 × 27 cm (height x width x diameter)
ClassificationDistribution & Transportation Objects - Containers
Origin
Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Geocultural Area
Eastern Arctic
Object NumberM2019.151.1.1-2
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Althea McQueen Drummond
Status
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