FROM CARD: "1 SET."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/124 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Five wood poles that form the frame of a small tent model. Each of the poles has a hole drilled at one end. The poles would have been tied together with a thong passing through those holes when the tent was set up. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/55: The MacFarlane collection includes models of tents with wooden tent poles and caribou skin covers. Poles of full-size tents were typically about 4 metres in length, and were fastened together at the top and spread out to form a cone. Caribou skins were usually used as tent cover. Tents were used for shelter in summer, and were attached to the entrances of winter sod house dwellings and used for cooking over open fires.

A sinew cable-backed bow.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/123 , retrieved 1-8-2020: Sinew-backed recurve bow made from a single piece of wood, probably spruce. The bow stave is elliptical in cross section along its entire length. It has knob-like projections at each end for holding the bowstring, which is of braided sinew. The braided sinew backing is attached to the back of the bow by a series of hitches at each of the lateral bends, and with sinew lashings at the midpoint and several points between the midpoint and the lateral bends. A bone or antler bracing has been inserted between the sinew backing and the stave at the midpoint, either to hold the backing in place or to provide added strength to the stave. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/9: Bows with sinew backing were one of the most sophisticated hunting weapons of the Inuvialuit. The bow stave was often made from a single piece of spruce somewhat more than a metre in length, with a continuous piece of braided sinew laid along the back of the stave in several strands that wrapped around each end. The sinew strands were attached to the stave near each end with a series of hitches, and between these hitches the strands were twisted into two tight cables. The sinew backing added strength and elasticity to the bow. There were two main types of these bows. Simple bows when strung curve in an arc from one end to another. They were often used when hunting small animals and birds. Recurve bows are constructed so that the centre of the strung bow curves towards the archer then bends away at each end. The recurve shape together with the sinew backing made this type of bow a powerful tool for hunting large animals. Bowstrings were made from braided sinew.

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/122 , retrieved 1-3-2020: A pouch made from the entire skin of a small animal, minus the head, which had been removed in one piece and with the hair removed. The leg sections still have their claws intact. Four short skin tags have been sewn to the sides, presumably for tightening the pouch.

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/121 , retrieved 1-27-2020: Whetstone made from jade. The entire surface of this tool has been ground and polished. The edges along both sides and at one end are beveled on both surfaces. At the other end a groove that has been cut into the surface of the whetstone holds a piece of braided sinew. The rest of the sinew line, which has broken off, has a blue bead attached near the end. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/62: Whetstones were used to sharpen the edges of ground stone and iron blades of cutting tools, such as adzes, kives and ulus. Jade was a preferred material for whetsones, but other fine-grained stones were also used.

FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1977."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/120 , retrieved 2-11-2020: A pouch and strap, probably for holding a knife. The tapered pouch is extensively decorated with trade beads and has a beaded fringe. The long strap is made with six strands of strung beads reinforced with strips of hide. The beads are blue, black and white, with the exception of three red beads in the strap, which may be the result of a repair. This knife pouch is most likely of Dene origin. MacFarlane may have obtained it from one of the Gwich'in Dene who were employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, or it may have come from an Inuvialuk who had it obtained it from a Gwich'in source.

Box and lid. Though catalogued as a packing box, "tool box" is written on the artifact itself. Card indicates this is Inuit made.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/119 , retrieved 2-11-2020: Box made from wood. A long side piece has been bent into a 'U' shape, and has a smaller end piece attached to it with wood pegs. The bottom also is held in place with wood pegs. The lid is loose, but two holes drilled through at an angle near the curved end, and a similar hole at the other end that line up with corresponding holes in the side piece, likely were used for lashing the lid to the side. Grooves in edges of the lid near the straight end that line up with similar grooves on the side piece were probably made to hold a thong that encircled the box. Scratches in the suface of the lid indicate that the box had been used as a cutting board, in addition to being a container. This item is identified in the original Smithsonian Institution catalogue as a 'packing box'; however, the shape follows the traditional design for boxes. More information available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/12: The MacFarlane collection contains a variety of wooden boxes. Boxes carved from single pieces of wood, and boxes with sides made from bent pieces of wood with bottoms pegged to them, are traditional Inuvialuit forms that were used for storing tools and other objects. Boxes with separate pieces for each side, bottom and top identified in the Smithsonian Institution's artifact catalogue as 'Packing Box Made by Esquimaux' may have been commissioned by MacFarlane for packing artifacts that were sent to the Smithsonian.

FROM CARD: "EYE SHADE. MADE OF SPRUCE, CONSISTING OF A SIMPLE VISOR CARVED OUT OF A SINGLE PIECE. THE VISOR IS MOST COMMON IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTION FROM SLEDGE ISLAND AND VICINITY. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 29-C; P. 298."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/118 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Visor made from a single piece of wood and with a strap made from sinew. The inner part of the visor, where it is meant to rest against the forehead, has a concave shape and the opposite edge has a similar convex curvature. The strap is attached to the visor through holes drilled at both ends. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/61: Visors were worn on the forehead to shield the wearer's eyes from the glare of the sun off snow or water.

From card: "Fishing spear point (iron)."Object is stored with its 19th century museum exhibit mount.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/117 , retrieved 2-10-2020: Iron tip for an arrow. The tang has been shaped by folding and hammering the edges.The Smithsonian Institution catalogue identifies this as a tip for a fish spear; however, it is similar in size and shape to iron tips used on arrows in the MacFarlane Collection.There a barb on each side of the tang of this arrow head.

FROM CARD: "7435-7. 7435 - 5 SPECIMENS." Note: as of 2017, 6 labrets have been located with this number.SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY [a needle case with this number was] SENT TO PEABODY MUSEUM, HARVARD, MASS. 1887.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/115 , retrieved 1-28-2020: Six small ivory labrets. One end of each labret, which was intended for the inside of the cheek, is expanded into a slightly oblong flange. The opposite ends are narrower, and are slightly rounded. Each has a hole drilled through the narrow end, which might have been used for stringing these labrets together. The style small size of these labrets suggests that they were used by a young male.

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/114 , retrieved 1-27-2020: Dart used for hunting sea mammals. The dart head has two barbs along one edge, and an iron blade set into a slot at one end and held in place with an iron rivet. The other end tapers to a rounded point where it is inserted into a socket piece attached to the shaft. A hide thong is attached to the dart head through a drilled hole, and the other end of the line is wrapped around the shaft. The shaft is made of wood. It is flattened on one side to fit in the groove of a throwing board, and the end opposite from the head is expanded and has an indentation for fitting against a peg that is commonly found on throwing boards. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/38: Darts are used for hunting sea mammals such as seals and whales. Darts have a barbed point that is inserted into a socket at the end of a shaft. The dart head detached from the shaft and stays attached to an animal when it is struck. A line fastened to the dart head is secured at the other end to a float or to the shaft.