Uck clar: ghoul leaving his home in search of dead bodies

29-158-42

From: Canada | Repulse Bay

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Title Uck clar: ghoul leaving his home in search of dead bodies
Object Number 29-158-42
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Canada | Repulse Bay
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials String
Iconography Ghoul | Bear
Description

Uck clar: ghoul leaving his home in search of dead bodies (see number 10). There is a bear found in Labrador and around Coppermine river, also at Lake Baker, which passes in the markets as a grizzly. It is known to the Eskimo as Uck clar.

Length 18 cm
Width 12 cm
Credit Line Gift of John Lyman Cox, in memory of George Comer, the collector, 1925

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