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Weight; roughly oval with hole drilled at either ends.
Roughly rectangular wedge carved from white-grey whale bone.
Stylized zoomorphic carving with designs painted in black, white and green. A totem-like figure of a bird standing on a fish (broken) sits in the centre of a long, arched piece of whale bone; the head and forelegs of a bear are carved at each end of the bone piece. Images of three whales are painted on either side of the bone.
Adze with blade made from a file. Leading edge flared to rounded sharp edge. Trailing edge bent up to conform to handle. Carved whale bone handle riveted to blade. Handle has protruding, carved head and beak of a bird.
Model pole carved of whale bone. Eagle at the top, perched on a crouching human figure, then a bird-like figure with claws or talons at the base. Eyes, some lines and background areas have been coloured black (ink or paint?). Back of pole smooth and slightly concave. Pole attached to rounded base, with scalloped pattern, by two metal screws. Artist name, place and date inscribed on back.
Caribou antler carving of a spirit being with another spirit being exploding from its chest; figures are standing on an irregularly-shaped whale bone base. The larger spirit being has intricately carved facial features, consisting of thin eyes, a wide nose, and large frowning mouth; tuft of white hair protrudes from top of head. Body is thin and cylindrical, with long smooth tail curved to the right; tail extends past edges of base. Its legs are bent back at the knee, and they fit into two circular holes drilled towards front of base. Smaller spirit being is protruding from the top of larger being's chest, where neck meets body. Face is wide and also has intricately carved facial features, consisting of oval-shaped eyes, large nostrils, and thin open mouth. Tall rectangle-like protrusion extends from top of head, with lines incised along all sides. Smaller being has its head tilted downward.
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.
Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing figure with flipper-like hands and one foot; cone-shaped head with black inlaid eyes, wrinkles carved on brow, open round nostrils, and an open mouth with twelve flat teeth. There is a small round upward slanted hole in the chest.
Large slab of aged, brown whale bone (part a) used as a base for a hunting scene. A carved stone hunter (part b) stands in a partial crouch at one end, holding a bow and arrow made of antler and sinew, pointed toward a stone caribou (parts c-f) at the other end. The caribou has its legs folded, and has an arrow sticking out of a hole in its side, as well as removable antlers on top of its head. Both stone carvings are positioned on the whale bone base by small pegs (parts g-h); the peg holes are in the man's right foot, and the stomach of the animal. Unsigned.
Whale bone carving of a woman and child. The main piece is the torso, head and raised arms of a woman, with the upper part of a child carved as if located in a hood on her back. Part b is a large separate whale bone knife that balances in her left hand. Unsigned.