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Short-legged Tuniq

Artist (Inuit, Canadian, Northwest Territories, Cape Dorset (Kingait), Baffin Island, 1942-1969/70)
CultureInuit, Canadian, Northwest Territories, Cape Dor
Datec. 1969
Mediummottled black serpentine
Dimensions18 1/2 x 9 13/16 in. (47 x 24.9 cm)
Classificationssculpture
Credit LineGift of the H. G. Jones Collection of Inuit Art
Object number93.18.4
On View
Not on view
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