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Miniature Boots2897/20

Miniature boots made with red wool tops, a fur section for the length of the boots and plain skin feet. The foot portion has green embroidery thread woven around it. Multi-coloured embroidery thread tassels are attached on the side at the tops of the boots. Tied together with embroidery thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and seal skin ?
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2897/19 a-e

Small bone comb tied to a rawhide needle pouch with a strip of hide through the carved hole (part a). The pouch has slots containing four bone sewing needles (parts b-e).

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Game2897/18

Piece of braided sinew joined at ends.

Culture
Inuit
Material
sinew
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Probe1718/22

An orange-yellow bone piece with a flat rounded end and a long curved point.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drill1718/31

A tool with a long metal point inset into a long cylindrical light brown wood handle with sinew wrapped around the top.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, sinew and metal
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snow Knife1718/17

A small upward curved blade carved with a handle which has three small black dots along the middle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
antler and soapstone stone ?
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fire KitNa1711 a-d

Fire-making kit includes a dark-brown coloured seal skin pouch (part a) with gathered rim containing plant-like materials and bits of black cloth, a white-grey coloured crescent-shaped stone (part b), a rectangular-shaped dark grey flint piece (part c), and a light brown-yellow square piece of paper (part d).

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, moss, flint mineral, stone, paper and fibre
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dipper1718/34

Oval-shaped dipper with long grey coloured bone handle protruding from one of its sides. The base of the dipper is yellow in colour, the band around its rim and the inside of the dipper are dark brown in colour. The dark-brown portions of the piece are covered with small white coloured hairs that are inherent to seal skin.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, sinew and bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Sled1718/8

Grey-white coloured model sled with two runners that are upturned and tapered to a point at one end and are connected to each other by sinew cording strung in between them. On top of the runners are seven evenly-spaced rectangular-shaped pieces of bone that are perpendicular to the runners and are attached with white-yellow coloured sinew cording at each of their ends. Attached to each runner and in between the first and second rectangular pieces is a longer piece of sinew cording that twists halfway down the piece.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and sinew
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature Boots1718/27

Miniature skin boots with brown fur, red stitching on the tops of the feet, and a white, cloth trim. Cloth trim is stitched with red, yellow and blue thread. Each has a red, yellow and blue yarn tassel attached to the fabric trim. The boots are tied together with blue yarn tied in a loop.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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