FROM CARD: "1 PAIR."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/200 , retrieved 12-19-2019: A pair of mittens made from caribou hide. These mittens have the fur to the inside. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/41: Mittens with separate thumbs were used for keeping the hands warm in winter. They usually have the hair on the outside at the back of the mitten, which can be held against one's face to keep it warm. The mittens usually are quite short, as the fur trim on the sleeves of parkas protected the exposed wrist.

Model of child's trousers with feet attached. It is probable this model once included a parka/upper garment, but one has not been located so far.Object is listed but not described or analyzed, in 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/266 , retrieved 2-7-2020. General information on clothing models here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/16: The collection contains several garments that were identified by Macfarlane as models, or interpreted as models due to their small size.

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/83 , retrieved 1-27-2020: Bow and spindle for a bow drill. The bow is a slightly curved ivory rod with a hole drilled at either end. One end of a hide thong passes through each hole and is knotted to hold it in place. The spindle has a cylindrical wooden shaft that tapers at each end. The end of the shaft that was inserted into a bearing is slightly trimmed. A tip made from a reworked file has been inserted into a slot at the other end, and is held in place with a hide thong wrapped around the spindle shaft. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/20: The bow drills in the MacFarlane Collection were used for boring holes into wood, antler, bone and ivory. The drill spindle (shaft) has a bit at one end, and the other end is shaped to fit into a bearing that is held between the teeth. The spindle is rotated by wrapping a slack thong attached at each end of a drill bow around it, and moving the bow back and forth. Ancestral Inuvialuit also used another type of bow drill for starting fires.

Note that 2186 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 61 of USNM Bulletin No. 18. It is identified there as seal harpoon head of bone and iron.

FROM CARD: "ARROWS FOR HUNTING AND FISHING (9). BONE OR IVORY HEADS--TWO BLUNT, QUADRILOBATE, HAVING BARBED IVORY OR IRON TIPS. THE HEADS ARE DRIVEN INTO LIGHT CEDAR SHAFTS; HEADS AND FEATHERS SECURED BY SEIZING OF FINE SINEW. USED BY ESKIMO FROM ARCTIC COAST OF NORTH AM. LENGTH OF SHAFT, 21 1/2 TO 26", HEADS, 2 1/2 TO 6 1/2". *QUIVER DOUBLE ENTRY UNDER CT. #589."

FROM CARD: "3 PARTS EACH. 1 DRILL."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/81 , retrieved 12-30-2019: This is a bow drill set consisting of a mouthpiece, spindle and bow. The mouthpiece has been carved from a single piece of wood. It has a square section that was held between the teeth, flanges on each side that would have rested against the cheeks, and a bearing made of stone with a hole to receive the drill spindle inset into the top of the arch. The spindle shaft is made from wood. It narrows toward the end that was inserted into the bearing of the mouthpiece, and is slightly constricted at the mid-point where the thong of the bow would have been wrapped around it. An iron drill bit, possibly a reworked nail, has been inserted into end of the spindle. The end of the spindle near the bit end has two sets of three incised lines encircling the shaft. The bow is made from a rib. It has a drilled hole at both ends for attaching a hide thong. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/20: The bow drills in the MacFarlane Collection were used for boring holes into wood, antler, bone and ivory. The drill spindle (shaft) has a bit at one end, and the other end is shaped to fit into a bearing that is held between the teeth. The spindle is rotated by wrapping a slack thong attached at each end of a drill bow around it, and moving the bow back and forth. Ancestral Inuvialuit also used another type of bow drill for starting fires.

FROM CARD: "A PIECE OF FLINT. IGNITES. "A PIECE OF PIGRITES. IGNITES. STRIKE-A-LIGHT--SECTION OF A CYLINDRICAL NODULE OF IRON PYRITES, AGAINST WHICH THE PIECE OF BLACK CHERT IS STRUCK, PRODUCING A SPARK TO BE RECEIVED UPON TINDER. DI. OF NODULE, 2", L. OF CHERT STRIKER, 3". ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; FIG. 44B, P. 573; ALSO IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 73, ART. 14; FIG. 40B; P. 56."

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/80 , retrieved 1-28-2020: This is a small copy of a snow shovel, made of wood. A bent wood handle is mortised to the paddle-shaped shovel. On the same side there is an incised line running diagonally across the blade of the shovel, which is crossed at about its midpoint by a smaller incised lin. A triangular suspension hole has been cut through the handle. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/53: Snow shovels were used for clearing snow and for throwing snow onto sod houses and houses made of snow blocks to provide extra insulation.

Anthropology catalogue ledger book entry for this object identifies it as a "soup ladle." This was mistranscribed on artifact catalogue card as "soap ladle."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/78 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Ladle carved from a single piece of wood. The ladle has a short handle with a triangular section cut out. This opening may have been for hanging the ladle on a peg. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/36: Ladles made from wood, horn and ivory were used for dipping water and for stirring and serving broth.

From card: "Deer skin."This object is listed, but not described or analyzed, in 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/77 , retrieved 1-17-2020.