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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/202 , retrieved 1-28-2020: This item is identified in the Smithsonian Institution's records as a fishing float, but more likely it was used with a sealing harpoon. It is made from a bladder, and has an inflation nozzle made from bone or antler attached to an opening at one end with a wrapping of sinew. Inserted into an opening in the nozzle is a stopper made from wood with a rounded head and a shaft that tapers towards one end. This float appears to have been stuffed with grass, perhaps to help hold its shape.