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FROM CARD: "MADE OF IVORY, HAS A CURVED HANDLE. NOT IN THE COLLECTION."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/210 , retrieved 12-30-2019: Toggle made of ivory. It is widest at the midpoint, where a slot has been cut for attaching to a line. From there it curves and tapers toward each end. It is decorated on three surfaces with incised lines. The Smithsonian Institution's catalogue erroneously lists this item as a whistle or call. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/57: Toggles are a type of handle attached to the end of lines. They were used at the ends of harpoon lines, and on lines used for dragging seals and other heavy items over snow and ice. The also were used to join two lines by passing a toggle attached to one line through a loop on another line.