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Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/140 , retrieved 1-8-2020: Saw with an iron blade hafted to a handle made of whale bone. The blade is roughly rectangluar is shape and has a series of forward-pointing teeth cut into one edge. The other edge has been inserted into a slot in the handle, and is held in place with three iron rivets. The handle is curved at the grip and straight where the blade is attached. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/49: Saws for cutting wood, bone, antler and ivory had thin metal blades attached to bone handles. Shallow notches in the saw blades were made by striking the edge with the thicker blade of a knife.