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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kentworld, post: 5806, member: 35&quot;]I dunno about Alaskan Inuit, but in the 1950s/60s, Canadian Inuit (then known as Eskimos) were given numbers as a sort of artist registry.&nbsp; Selling Inuit art (like your cute little seal) was given some help by the Canadian government to help Inuit maximize profit.&nbsp; The little symbols are actually the artist&#039;s Inuit name.&nbsp; There might be a site somewhere about the numbers and who the artist is and when they sold stuff.&nbsp; Maybe Bob (moreotherstuff) knows more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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