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Bust of a woman
Bust of a woman
Bust of a woman

Carving

Bust of a woman
Artist (1923-2005)
InscriptionsSyllabics, 1154 and 54 in black ink underneath.
Date 1973
Medium / Technique Quartz
Dimensions30.3 x 14.1 x 19.6 cm
CultureIndigenous: Inuit, Nunatsiarmiut, Kingnaitmiut
Origin Kingnait (Cape Dorset), Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin), Nunavut, Canada
Geocultural Area Eastern Arctic
Object NumberME987.97.4
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Virginia J. Watt

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