Scrimshaw hand

Datec. 1975

Artist Louis Arviyut Inuit, born 1941

Mediumantler, ink

Dimensions21.7 x 18 x 3.5 cm

ClassificationsCarving

Credit LineGift by bequest of Vincent Massey Tovell, 2014.

Object number2014-070

Descriptionhand-shaped carving with series of ink drawings on outside of hand: human figure at wrist, fox in middle, bird and fish on thumb, one bear under pinky finger, one bear under index finger, another bear-like animal below ring finger, long necked bird extending into middle finger.

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