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Nanook (Polar Bear)

Artist (Iqaluit, Canadian, Northwest Territories, Baffin Island, 1923-2007)
CultureIqaluit, Canadian, Northwest Territories, Baffin
Date1990
Mediumolive and brown mottled serpentine
Dimensions3 3/4 x 9 x 3 in. (9.5 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm)
Classificationssculpture
Credit LineGift of the H. G. Jones Collection of Inuit Art
Object number93.18.1
On View
Not on view
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c. 1000-1500 CE
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1970
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Judas Ullulaq
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