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
Other Authors: Iyerak, Alain
Format: Still Image
Language:English
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7939/R3319S369
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c1b33f29-6893-4cb5-be63-7224248d72fc
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.