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- 2Canada, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife - Legislative Assembly Buidling
- 1Caribou - Carvings - Yellowknife, NWT
- 1Hanauyaqtuq - Piksauyak (ikt)
- 1Legislative Assembly Building - Northwest Territories - Yellowknife
- 1Maligaliurvik - Piksauyaq (ikt)
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.jpg "Caribou carving at the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly")
2015-07-08
This sculpture was created by Alain Iyerak in 1970. It is made from a single vertebra of a bowhead whale. The vertebra had to dry for 100 years to be used for carving. The carving is housed on the upper level of the NWT Legislative Assembly Building.
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2015-07-08
The NWT Legislative Assembly Building was built so that it is integrated into the surrounding environment. A concrete path leads up to the doors in glass wall which forms the front of the building.