Box and lid. Though catalogued as a packing box, "tool box" is written on the artifact itself. Card indicates this is Inuit made.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/119 , retrieved 2-11-2020: Box made from wood. A long side piece has been bent into a 'U' shape, and has a smaller end piece attached to it with wood pegs. The bottom also is held in place with wood pegs. The lid is loose, but two holes drilled through at an angle near the curved end, and a similar hole at the other end that line up with corresponding holes in the side piece, likely were used for lashing the lid to the side. Grooves in edges of the lid near the straight end that line up with similar grooves on the side piece were probably made to hold a thong that encircled the box. Scratches in the suface of the lid indicate that the box had been used as a cutting board, in addition to being a container. This item is identified in the original Smithsonian Institution catalogue as a 'packing box'; however, the shape follows the traditional design for boxes. More information available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/12: The MacFarlane collection contains a variety of wooden boxes. Boxes carved from single pieces of wood, and boxes with sides made from bent pieces of wood with bottoms pegged to them, are traditional Inuvialuit forms that were used for storing tools and other objects. Boxes with separate pieces for each side, bottom and top identified in the Smithsonian Institution's artifact catalogue as 'Packing Box Made by Esquimaux' may have been commissioned by MacFarlane for packing artifacts that were sent to the Smithsonian.

FROM CARD: "EYE SHADE. MADE OF SPRUCE, CONSISTING OF A SIMPLE VISOR CARVED OUT OF A SINGLE PIECE. THE VISOR IS MOST COMMON IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTION FROM SLEDGE ISLAND AND VICINITY. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 29-C; P. 298."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/118 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Visor made from a single piece of wood and with a strap made from sinew. The inner part of the visor, where it is meant to rest against the forehead, has a concave shape and the opposite edge has a similar convex curvature. The strap is attached to the visor through holes drilled at both ends. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/61: Visors were worn on the forehead to shield the wearer's eyes from the glare of the sun off snow or water.

From card: "Fishing spear point (iron)."Object is stored with its 19th century museum exhibit mount.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/117 , retrieved 2-10-2020: Iron tip for an arrow. The tang has been shaped by folding and hammering the edges.The Smithsonian Institution catalogue identifies this as a tip for a fish spear; however, it is similar in size and shape to iron tips used on arrows in the MacFarlane Collection.There a barb on each side of the tang of this arrow head.

FROM CARD: "NARROW STRIP OF TANNED HIDE, TO WHICH ARE PENDANT, BY CORDS, OF HIDE OR TWISTED SINEW, SMALL BELL-SHAPED ORNAMENTS WITH SERRATED EDGES CUT FROM HOOF OF MUSK-OX. LENGTH 3 FEET. PENDANTS, LENGTH 3 INCHES."INVENTORIED 1974."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/116 , retrieved 12-30-2019: A belt made from a wide strip of hide with muskox hoof sheaths attached by sinew and hide thongs. The thongs pass through a hole drilled through each of the hoof sheaths, and through holes cut into the belt straps. The hoof sheaths have been modified by cutting notches along the edges. A brass button is attached by a piece of sinew at one end of the belt strap and serves as a fastener. The strap has a loop at the opposite end for receiving the fastener.

FROM CARD: "7435-7. 7435 - 5 SPECIMENS." Note: as of 2017, 6 labrets have been located with this number.SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY [a needle case with this number was] SENT TO PEABODY MUSEUM, HARVARD, MASS. 1887.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/115 , retrieved 1-28-2020: Six small ivory labrets. One end of each labret, which was intended for the inside of the cheek, is expanded into a slightly oblong flange. The opposite ends are narrower, and are slightly rounded. Each has a hole drilled through the narrow end, which might have been used for stringing these labrets together. The style small size of these labrets suggests that they were used by a young male.

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/114 , retrieved 1-27-2020: Dart used for hunting sea mammals. The dart head has two barbs along one edge, and an iron blade set into a slot at one end and held in place with an iron rivet. The other end tapers to a rounded point where it is inserted into a socket piece attached to the shaft. A hide thong is attached to the dart head through a drilled hole, and the other end of the line is wrapped around the shaft. The shaft is made of wood. It is flattened on one side to fit in the groove of a throwing board, and the end opposite from the head is expanded and has an indentation for fitting against a peg that is commonly found on throwing boards. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/38: Darts are used for hunting sea mammals such as seals and whales. Darts have a barbed point that is inserted into a socket at the end of a shaft. The dart head detached from the shaft and stays attached to an animal when it is struck. A line fastened to the dart head is secured at the other end to a float or to the shaft.

FROM CARD: "BAG, MADE OF RAWHIDE AND ORNAMENTED WITH DEERSKIN [sic], BEADS. AND RED WORSTED, WITH LONG TASSELS OF BEAVER [sic] FUR."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/113 , retrieved 2-10-2020: Tobacco pouch. Pouch made of caribou hide and decorated with bands of clipped white hair, blue beads, and snippets of red yarn. Around the bottom of the pouch are long tassels of wolverine fur, and lengths of red and black wool yarn. On the tie are three large blue beads. Pouches of this type were commonly used to hold tobacco. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/45: Traditional Inuvialuit clothing had no pockets. Instead, small bags or pouches were used for carrying items such as sewing implements, tobacco, and tinder, flint and steel for making fire. These bags often were exquisitely made by piecing together contrasting pieces of skin and decorating them with fringes and beads. Pouches like the one shown here typically were used to hold tobacco.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 9TH AR, FIG. 93, P. 146."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/112 , retrieved 12-30-2019: A pair of labrets with a split bead attached to each specimen. The labrets are made from marble, and have been shaped by grinding and polishing to form an outer disk set off from an inner flange by a shallow groove. Each labret has half of a transparent blue glass bead cemented to the outer surface of the disk. A shallow groove has been cut around the middle of each of the beads. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/35: Inuvialuit males wore stud-shaped ornaments in incisions under each corner of the mouth. Labrets were often decorated by attaching half of a bead to the outer surface.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60; PL. 24, NO. 9; P. 48." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "ADJUSTABLE SPEAR-HEADS.-CONSIST OF TWO PARTS: A CARVED, BARBED BONE, WHICH IS POINTED AND FITS INTO HEAD OF WOODEN SHAFT, AND A METAL HEAD, BARBED, WHICH IS LASHED IN A SLOT IN OUTER END OF THE BONE HEAD. FROM ANDERSON RIVER. LENGTHS, 6 1/2 INS. TO 1 FT. 2 INS. BRITISH AMERICA, 1867. COLLECTED BY ROBERT [SIC, SHOULD BE RODERICK] MACFARLANE. NOS. 7,420, 2,431, AND FOUR SPECIMENS, NO. 2,675."Note that 7420 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 60 of USNM Bulletin No. 18.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/111 , retrieved 1-27-2020: Dart head made from whalebone. It has two barbs along one edge, and an iron blade set into a slot at one end and held in place with an iron rivet. The other end tapers to a rounded point where it would have been inserted into a socket at the end of a shaft. Near that end a hole has been drilled for attaching a line. The Smithsonian Institution's catalogue card identifies this item as a fish spear, but more likely it is a head for a dart used for hunting sea mammals. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/38: Darts are used for hunting sea mammals such as seals and whales. Darts have a barbed point that is inserted into a socket at the end of a shaft. The dart head detached from the shaft and stays attached to an animal when it is struck. A line fastened to the dart head is secured at the other end to a float or to the shaft.

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/110 , retrieved 2-11-2020: This is the side of a wooden box that has been illustrated with drawings made by applying red and black pigments, probably ochre and charcoal. At the far left is an illustration that resembles a person in a kayak with the distinctive 'horns' typical of the Inuvialuit form of that watercraft. To the right of that illustration is a caribou seen in profile, seemingly in the act of being shot by a person in a kneeling position aiming a rifle. The hunter appears to be wearing a hat with a brim, suggesting that he is European. Further to the right are three figures that seem to be holding hands: a woman, a child and a man. The woman's hairstyle and their clothing suggest that Inuvialuit are depicted. At the far right is an illustration of another person, who is holding a pole-like object. This figure has been drawn using black pigment; the other illustrations are all rendered in red.