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Falcon on Its Nest

Artist (Inuit, Canadian, Arctic Quebec, Ivujivik, Ungava Peninsula, born 1950)
CultureInuit, Canadian, Arctic Quebec, Ivujivik, Ungava
Date1990
Mediumgray serpentine with inlaid wings and head; ivory and baleen eyes
Dimensions4 3/8 x 12 3/4 x 5 in. (11.1 x 32.4 x 12.7 cm)
Classificationssculpture
Credit LineGift of the H. G. Jones Collection of Inuit Art in honor of Archie K. Davis
Object number93.18.3
On View
Not on view
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n.d.