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Plain unfeathered shaft with the blunt bulbous head made from a hinge pin. Metal pin has a rounded head with a ring around its base and is inset into the wood shaft which has light and dark rings of colour around its base.
Plain shaft with a leaf-shaped barbed point. The barbs are horizontal and there are four pair.
Shaft is in two parts. End is charred and appears to be mahogany. The point is leaf-shaped with a long base.
Plain shaft with traces of feather at the end. One end appears to be charred. Blunt bulbous bone head.
Plain shaft which was feathered. End appears to be charred. Point is set in a barbed bone fore-shaft and then into the wood shaft. Point is a short triangular with rounded sides.
Shaft is plain with traces of the feathers. End is charred. Copper point is set in a barbed bone fore-shaft which is set in the wood shaft. Point is triangular with the tip having an acuter angle at the sides and with ridges at either side.
Bow with string. A wide flat bow, both faces convex in cross-section. Narrow ends widen toward the middle and then narrow again at handgrip. A grooved channel runs the length of the bow on the outer face. A set of notches at either end for holding the bow string. The string is made of twisted sinew. Wood is polished to a deep red-brown.
Carving of a snow house on a flat base (part a) with a removable roof (part b). House is dome-shaped and has a square-like tunnel built around semi-circular entrance. Squares incised around exterior of house, imitating blocks; interior is smooth. Male (part c) and female figures sit on a fur-covered sleeping platform, along back interior wall of house; stone lamp with drying rack suspended overtop along left wall. Large dog figure (part d) lies on floor, in front of woman. Multiple tools line exterior of house entrance, fitting into holes drilled into the base; consist of: snow shovel(?) (part e), snow knife (part f), spear (part g), line(?) (part h), and fish spear (part i). Figures and roof have pegs extending from their bases, which hold components in place. Artist signature carved along top of base, next to house.
Whale bone carving of a hunter carrying an unstrung cable-backed bow and bucket, attached to an irregularly-shaped base (part a); figure is standing along front edge of base. Small stone structure (part b), made up of rocks stacked on top of one another, on opposite end of base; attached with two pegs. Figure has intricately carved facial features, consisting of oval-shaped eyes, wide nose, and frowning mouth. Figure has a large skin pack strapped across back; sinew straps wrap around hunter's chest. Pack has long rods sticking out of either end; tufts of white fur around where the rods protrude. Small back quiver slung over hunter's right shoulder; self-nocked arrow shafts (parts c-k) fill quiver. Bucket hunter is holding in left hand is filled with dark red and orange stones. Figure is unsigned.
Drum made from stretched hide over a wooden frame with a painted design on the front; part b is a drumstick. The front of the round drum has a painted seal in profile, in black, red and grey, with several vertical turquoise blue designs on both sides of the seal. The eye of the seal is an abalone circle, adhered in place. The outer edge of the drum has a thick black line painted all the way around; the background is natural skin. The hide is tied all around the back edge with sinew cords that join at the centre, wrapped with hide strips for the handle. Signed inside David Mungo Know Seal 92. The drumstick is wood; the head consists of fuzzy sheep skin secured over the end, with a beige leather thong wrapped around the handle, with a long leather fringe hanging from it.