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Small sculpture of two seated people facing each other. One figure is slightly larger, and has their arms and legs around the other person. Each figure has a circular face held up with small carved facial features. Signed in syllabics (Ga-na).
Small standing stone figure. Figure has round head with carved facial features, and arms down at sides. The base bulges out below the figure, then beomes cylindrical.
Bi-pointed stone head club. The polished stone head tapers at centre and has a hole drilled on one side. It is attached to a handle by inserting the stick into the hole, and then further securing it by wrapping a length of skin around the stone head followed by the shaft. The stick is covered by skin, which is stitched together with hair along one side. It is wrapped with beads in three sections: white, red, white; in between two pieces of red fabric. The end has two short leather tassels and an ornament with a white and a red bed, and hair wrapped in red fabric.
Tall stone bowl with rounded base; made from light grey stone. Bowl has slightly curved lip, is cone-shaped, and has a shallow well. Three carved faces around middle of bowl; bordered with five rings on top and four below. Identical faces consist of oval-shaped eyes, curved eyebrows, rotund cheeks, flat triangular noses, and open mouths. All design elements carved in relief.
Northwest Coast style stone bowl. Bowl has a seal or sea lion design; stone is dark grey, and blackened in areas. Bowl is oval-shaped and has a very shallow well; no lip and no foot, base is rounded. Seal or sea lion design is on front of bowl and consists of wide circular eyes, an inverted V-shaped mouth, and two circular protrusions on either side of face; all features done in relief.
Northwest Coast style stone bowl. Stone is speckled grey, white, and pink. Small bowl is rotund with a shallow well; lip is curled inward, and bowl has no foot. Diagonal lines carved in relief along exterior of walls; rest of bowl is undecorated. Orange marks across bottom of interior.
Stone carving of a hunter flensing a seal, on an irregularly-shaped base with circular opening in between hunter's legs. Male figure is lying on side with upper body twisted to face backward, left knee bent against ground, and right knee elevated with leg angled away from body. He has oval-shaped eyes, a wide nose, pronounced cheeks, thin mouth, and short hair; features done in relief and incised. Hunter is wearing a coat with the hood down, and long pants tucked into tall boots. Seal body is on stomach with head bent over back, next to hunter's upper body; hunter is cutting open the seal with flensing knife in his right hand, and holding its right fore flipper in his left. Numerical inscription and 'Eskimo art' tag on base.
Stone carving of a kneeling figure. Figure's body is forward facing; head turned to the right. Semi-circular eyes and straight mouth with pouting lip carved into centre of head; wide nose done in relief. Lines incised along top of head, imitating hair; hair-like protrusion is gathered into bun at base of neck. Arm-like protrusions on either side of body; right arm rests flush against body with hand resting on knee, left arm-like protrusion is held against the figure's chest. Deep line carved along entire bottom edge of figure. Label with artist name attached to base.
Bear carving done in dark grey-black stone. Bear has short ears, circular eyes, and long thin snout; standing on four legs. Front legs have rounded sides and are spread apart; hind legs are close together and rectangle-like. Hind legs are shorter than front, giving bear a crouching appearance. Artist signature in syllabics inscribed on belly.
Stone carving of an otter on an irregularly-shaped base, with a raised front. Otter's body is oriented towards right side of base, with its head turned forward; tail hangs over left side of base. The head extends over base edge and has incised ears, oval-shaped eyes, and nostrils; mouth is carved open and in a frown. Otter's front left paw is caught in a leg-hold trap towards front left edge of base; trap consists of two rings attached to a circular weight. Name and disc number inscribed across base.