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Walrus Eating Seal

Kaktutuk, Johnny

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Carving
after 1960
soapstone
overall: 9.5 cm x 20.5 cm x 16.5 cm
Adult walrus posed lying on its stomach. The walrus's left fin is posed on top of a seal the walrus is eating. The walrus's tusks are plunged into the seal's body. The walrus and seal have a reflective dark grey sheen to them, while the base and the walrus's tusks are a lighter, more mat grey.
Adult walrus posed on its stomach with its left fin on top of a seal that it is eating. The walrus's tusks are plunged into the seal's body.
seals (pinnipeds), walruses
Gift of Dr. Maurice and Anne Petrie Yacowar
U021.8.24

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