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Part of a tusk, made into an engraved plaque. Piece has one polished and engraved surface, whereas the back surface is rough for most of its length. Tapers to a point on one end. Engraving shows a spotted fish on left, followed by the top of two spouting whales with the bottom half of a swimming walrus between and above them. Next is the tail fluke of a whale and the top of a spouting whale; profile view of a large dog-like animal with a spotted face; two small profile human figures, each with one arm raised and touching; two objects of closely spaced v-shapes along a central line, in the same style as dog's tail and whale spouts; followed by two birds(?); two large feet with hatched lines at ankles. Igloo(?) with two raised platforms; two triangular shapes, a rounded rectangle; and two walruses. Most shapes are filled in with closely spaced vertical lines. Diagonal line extends from second whale spout. Carving marks across fish tail and on edges. Cracks on back near pointed end running diagonally following natural contours.
Fish with incised mouth and graphite applied to 'nostrils' and eye holes. Gills and pectoral fins are indicated on each side; dorsal fin at top behind head and other fins above and below tail. There are scratches or carving marks at fins and gills; some dirt in these areas. Fish is mounted on a polished brown section of walrus tusk.
Seal-shaped toggle with two holes through centre of back and a hole connecting eyes. Flat snout on rounded head with incised mouth and lines above. Deeply drilled nostrils. Short flippers on each side parallel to holes. Oval-shaped body tapers to flippers at back, divided by a longitudinal incised line splitting to a v-shape on top. Each flipper has three short longitudinal lines on top surface.
An ornament of four white and brown boar's tusks pierced at both ends with a brown fibre strap tied on.
A wide flat bamboo strip, brown on the exterior while light brown on the cut side, is kept in a u-shape by a brown fibre string running from near one end to the other end. Curving inward from each tip, there is a white and brown boar's tusk bound to the wood with light brown fibre.
Crescent-shaped object with rounded ends; colouring is mottled yellow and brown; eight lines have been cut in to form a symmetrical design. Braided leather thong is threaded through drilled hole to form stiff loop bent in half.
Coiled basket (a) has circular base with straight sides that taper at mouth. The base has small ivory disc with holes through which the baleen is laced. There are numerous spots where the thin baleen has broken off, the largest sections are found in the centre of the base. Raised circular lid (b) with an inner lip is topped by an ivory disc with a square knob.
Oval-shaped wood bucket; overlapped sides stitched with root. Brown painted exterior has two carved grooves. Attached by metal pins on both sides of bucket is a piece of walrus tusk with a hole in it and a hide thong tied to a walrus tusk handle.
Leather belt with a mottled brown, hinged buckle. Centre of the belt is covered with brown and white quills woven into a pattern of repeating geocentric motifs.
Cylindrical shaped fibre and wood Tago ? mask with a conical shaped head and a long face that curves lower then the straight across back. The face is painted white with brown and black detailing. The eyes are open and outlined in a brown fish-like shape. The wooden nose projects out while the mouth is made of two boar tusks adhered facing the opposite direction over top of black painted detailing. The sides have rectangular sections painted with diagonal lines; a circular fibre ring hangs on either side with two kinds of shells and feathers. On top of head is a rounded cap of dark fibre with a lighter fibre bushy top knot. Feathered arrow-like stick sits in the middle of the head.