Toggle Item Number: A2.364 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Rectangular, bar-like piece of yellow-white tusk with rounded ends that curl in opposite directions; hole bored through the centre.
Used for twisting sinew and tightening straps.
According to the old Museum ledger, Ian M. Mackinnon presented Frank Burnett with this collection of Inuit objects. They were collected during his three years of residence in the Coppermine River area, probably 1921-24.