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Transformation figure
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Transformation figure
Transformation figure
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Carving

Transformation figure
Artist (1910-1976)
SignatureDAEVIDA LOK PCS 1084 OVAN6
Date 1950-1954
Medium / Technique Rock: soapstone
Dimensions6.6 x 18.3 x 18.2 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts
CultureIndigenous: Inuit, Nunavimmiut
Origin Puvirnituq (Povungnituk), Quebec (Nunavik), Canada
Geocultural Area Eastern Arctic
Object NumberM992.141.1
DivisionIndigenous Cultures - Historical Objects
CollectionMcCord
CreditCollected in the Artic in 1954 by the journalist Blair Fraser and given in his memory by Isabel Barclay Dobell
Status
Not on view

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