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
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Sculpture - Polar Regions
Photographs
ᑐᒃᑐ (ikt)
Tuktu - Piksauyak (qivs)
Caribou - Carvings - Yellowknife
NWT
Tuktu - Piksauyaq (ikt)
Public art - Legislature Building - Yellowknife
Tuttu - Pichaaq (qivu)
ᓴᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ (ikt)
Hanauyaqtuq - Piksauyak (ikt)
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
bowhead whale
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c1b33f29-6893-4cb5-be63-7224248d72fc
https://doi.org/10.7939/R3319S369
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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