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A small spear with a wooden handle and a long strand of sinew or baleen. The handle fits into the hole in the hand of the Hunter figure. 
Edwin Weyiouanna;Inuit
Spear for Hunter
Gift of Sidney C. Kleinman
2019/2.142B
A large standing sculpture of a drummer with his face framed by a hood. The sculpture is wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. There are holes carved where his eyebrows would be and at the cuffs and hem of his parka. 
Tony Weyiouanna;Inuit
Drummer (Figure)
Gift of Sidney C. Kleinman
2019/2.180A
A whale bone carving of a hunter with his arm raised over his head. There are several other faces carved into the trunk and a hole in the hunter's hand where the spear is inserted. 
Edwin Weyiouanna;Inuit
Hunter
Gift of Sidney C. Kleinman
2019/2.142A
An abstract carving of a human figure transforming into a bird. On the right side of the sculpture is a human face with its mouth open. On the left side is curved shape that looks like a wing holding a baleen beater about to strike a drum. The figure sits on a dark brown bone base. 
John Titpon;Inuit
Raven Transformation
Gift of Sidney C. Kleinman
2019/2.148
A circular drum carved from brown whale bone that sits in the hand of the Drummer sculpture.
Tony Weyiouanna;Inuit
Drummer (Drum)
Gift of Sidney C. Kleinman
2019/2.180B
A somewhat abstract figure of a drummer carved from bone. The figure's face is ringed with what looks like a parka hood and he holds one arm above his head. There is a small hole in the hand where the baleen beater is attached. The bone is mostly brown with patches of white where it is carved away. 
Rick Kuzuquk;Inuit (Inupiaq)
Drummer
Gift of Sidney C. Kleinman
2019/2.151A
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