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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lauragarnet, post: 47760, member: 105&quot;][ATTACH=full]11997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]11998[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/collections/scoresby4.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/collections/scoresby4.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/collections/scoresby4.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently they&#039;ve had it in the collection since 1823, and just recently found out they&#039;ve had it misidentified all this time. There&#039;s no info about how or from whom they acquired it, which would be good to know.</p><p><i><font size="5"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="5"><b>Inuit items collection</b></font></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Arctic figure of unknown origin and purpose</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This figure is around 450 mm (18&quot;) tall and is made of skin wetted and stretched over wood, with some metal fastenings. It has an oval base and is described as being from a model kayak. It weighs around 2 kilos (4lb) which is unusually heavy because Arctic peoples moved frequently so their possessions were light and portable. Also wood and metal were scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far we have found nothing similar in the collections of other museums. The style and workmanship do not look European.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Museum would like to hear from you if you have any information about our strange figure, or if you have seen anything similar.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/collections/scoresby4.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/collections/scoresby4.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/collections/scoresby4.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The larger, first picture above came from this website,</p><p><a href="http://christt.com/words/the-poo-aesthetic/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://christt.com/words/the-poo-aesthetic/" rel="nofollow">http://christt.com/words/the-poo-aesthetic/</a> about all the way down the page.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow I ended up finding this mystery item in a totally unrelated internet search. Thought I&#039;d post it here for you all to puzzle over, too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As if we don&#039;t have enough things to puzzle over on this forum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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