Showing 5 items for Victoria Island.
A very large flensing knife blade, oblong shaped with a large flat point. Abundant lichen on one surface means it was lying on the ground for a long time. Collected on the Natkusiak Peninsula, Victoria Island, possibly Thule Inuit culture.
| Accession No. | 982.052.001 |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Culture | Inuvialuit |
| Region | Inuvialuit |
| Location | Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island |
| Date |
A long parka made of commercially tanned seal skin, trimmed with wolverine fur. The Holman Co-op was established in 1961, and started making seal skin mats, wall hangings, and coats for a developing Inuit arts and crafts market. This coat is one of their early models.
| Accession No. | 2009.006.001 |
| Maker | Holman Eskimo Co-operative |
| Culture | Inuvialuit |
| Region | Inuvialuit |
| Location | Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island |
| Date | 1960s |
A parka made from arctic ground squirrel or 'sik-sik' fur, with a large wolverine and coyote fur sunburst hood ruff. The decorative geometric trim is caribou skin piecework. This fancy parka was designed and worn by Agnes Nanogak Goose.
| Accession No. | 994.001.001 |
| Maker | Nanogak Goose, Agnes |
| Culture | Inuvialuit |
| Region | Inuvialuit |
| Location | Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island |
| Date | 1992 |
Child's parka made of reindeer calf skin sewn with sinew and trimmed with wolverine fur. Collected by arctic travelers Lincoln and Tahoe Washburn.
| Accession No. | 982.092.017 |
| Maker | Unknown |
| Culture | Inuit |
| Region | Inuvialuit |
| Location | Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island |
| Date | 1939 |
A dance hat made with loon skins, caribou skin, and seal skin. There is a loon bill on top of the hat to which ermine pelts are attached. Collected by Hudson's Bay Company manager Jim Cumming.
| Accession No. | 979.060.001 b |
| Maker | Kalvak, Helen |
| Culture | Inuit |
| Region | Inuvialuit |
| Location | Ulukhaktok, Victoria Island |
| Date | c. 1958 |
