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.
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Format: | Still Image |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c1b33f29-6893-4cb5-be63-7224248d72fc https://doi.org/10.7939/R3319S369 |
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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