Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly ...

This sculpture was created by Alain Iyerak in 1970. It is made from a single vertebra of a bowhead whale. The vertebra had to dry for 100 years to be used for carving. The carving is housed on the upper level of the NWT Legislative Assembly Building. ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Sandy
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2015
Subjects:
Sculpture - Polar Regions
Photographs
ᑐᒃᑐ ikt
Tuktu - Piksauyak qivs
Caribou - Carvings - Yellowknife, NWT
Tuktu - Piksauyaq ikt
Public art - Legislature Building - Yellowknife, NWT
Tuttu - Pichaaq qivu
ᓴᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ ikt
Hanauyaqtuq - Piksauyak ikt
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
bowhead whale
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.7939/r3319s369
https://ualberta.scholaris.ca/handle/123456789/4847
Description
Summary:This sculpture was created by Alain Iyerak in 1970. It is made from a single vertebra of a bowhead whale. The vertebra had to dry for 100 years to be used for carving. The carving is housed on the upper level of the NWT Legislative Assembly Building. ...

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