This breathtaking example of Inuit artistry in stone struck us immediately when we encountered at Chicago’s renowned Field Museum, a world-class home for outstanding native carvings and sculpture. It will be a treasured addition to any collection of ethnographic or bird art.

Great Whale River is a tribal designation for Inuit people living in the watershed area of Grande Riviere du Balliene, a river in Nunavik, Canada, that flows into the eastern edge of Hudson Bay.