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Carving of a bear cub(?). Animal is in motion moving forwards with head slightly down. No eyes, nostrils or mouth. Tail and ears are carved in relief.
Carving of a bowhead whale. Whale has black inset eyes and two blowholes on the top of the head which also appear to have black insets. Mouth of whale is incised. The side flippers are made of separate pieces of walrus tusk that have been attached by drilling a hole into the side of the whale, inserting the flipper, and pegging through from the base.
Carving of a beluga whale. Carved entirely from one piece of tusk. Black inset eyes and double blowhole in top of head.
Carving of a narwhal. Entire piece, with the exception of the whale's tusk, is carved out of one piece of walrus tusk - including the two small side fins. Black inset eyes. Blowhole is present on top of head. The narwhal's tusk has a grooved spiral design.
Cribbage board carved from a narwhal tusk. The playing surface is divided into six rectangles by incised lines with four rows of six holes. The distal end is carved into a polar bear's head with black eyes and open mouth. The proximal end has a slit for the markers. The slit is closed by a moving rectangle in the form of a seal with black eyes. On top of the playing surface is a walrus head (missing tusks) attached by peg. There are two feet attached to the body by pegs. Four pieces are in the marker hole: one of the tusks for the walrus, two markers, and a marker in the form of a fish with an iron peg. Gadroon decoration lines each side of the cribbage board.
Carving of a standing polar bear. Each of the bear's claws is marked with black inset. The bear has black inset eyes and nostrils, as well as a black inset line for its mouth. The ears and tail are carved in relief.
Carving of two birds in swimming position on a rectangular base. Birds are facing each other. Both birds beaks are broken and both have black inset eyes. Written on the bottom of the base in ink under one bird is "Nevelelela IE ululela" and under the other bird "Kolekolea".
Carving of a bird with its wings outstretched (part a), attached to an oval limestone base with a thin stick of tusk (part b). The tip of the stick is broken off in the base of the bird. Feathers are incised on the wings and the tail. Its eyes are also incised.
Three carved walrus (parts b-d) on a stone base representing an ice floe (part a). Each walrus has inset eyes filled with a black substance (baleen?) and inset tusks. Two of the walrus carvings (parts b-c) have holes to sit over pegs in the base; the third (part d) has a peg stuck in the hole. One of the walrus figures has an extra peg hole on its back.
Carving of a walrus made out of one piece of tusk. Walrus is facing forward and has black inset eyes and incised nostrils.