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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ftunivalberta:oai:era.library.ualberta.ca:c1b33f29-6893-4cb5-be63-7224248d72fc 2023-05-15T15:45:58+02:00 Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Campbell, Sandy Iyerak, Alain 2015/07/08 https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c1b33f29-6893-4cb5-be63-7224248d72fc https://doi.org/10.7939/R3319S369 English eng https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c1b33f29-6893-4cb5-be63-7224248d72fc doi:10.7939/R3319S369 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ CC-BY-NC-ND 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) Image 2015 ftunivalberta https://doi.org/10.7939/R3319S369 2022-08-22T20:13:36Z 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. Still Image bowhead whale Northwest Territories Yellowknife University of Alberta: Era - Education and Research Archive Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
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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) |
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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) Campbell, Sandy Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly |
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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) |
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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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Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly |
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Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly |
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Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly |
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Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly |
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Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly |
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caribou carving at the northwest territories legislative assembly |
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2015 |
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https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c1b33f29-6893-4cb5-be63-7224248d72fc https://doi.org/10.7939/R3319S369 |
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Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
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Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
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bowhead whale Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
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bowhead whale Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
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