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Walrus
Nuna Parr (Canadian, born in 1949)
Native American, Inuit
1992
Object Place: Cape Dorset, Canada
Medium/Technique
Serpentine stone, walrus tusk
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1 x 52.1 x 15.2 cm (9 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jan and Lawrence Dorman
Accession Number2007.977
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThe figure of a walrus reclining on its back is fashioned of dark green serpentine stone with black and orange veins; it has two removable ivory tusks fitted into sockets.
Signed
"NUNA PARR" scratched on underside of bottom
ProvenanceSeptember 10, 1993, sold by Galerie Le Chariot, Montreal, to Jan and Lawrence Dorman, Boston; 2007, year-end gift of Jan and Lawrence Dorman to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 2008)