Wooden canoe paddle. Paddle has a long, flat, tapered blade painted with a form-line bird’s head including eye, and surrounding colour blocks in black on both sides. Shaft is long, round, and narrow, flaring and flattening toward the grip, which is a thick, carved cylinder of wood.

Large hand maul with a wide, flared circular head, a long tapering handle, and small circular butt end. Made from one piece of dark green-grey stone.

Hand maul with a flared circular head, a long tapering handle, and a smaller circular butt end. Made from one piece of dark green-grey stone.

Small goat horn spoon. The bowl is shallow, long and narrow, with curving sides that bulge slightly at midpoint. The tip inclines. The handle and bowl are made from a single piece of horn, flowing from the bowl’s bottom, and at a sharp angle on neck top. The handle is slightly curved, and narrows toward the tip. The spoon is undecorated.

Large wooden whistle. Whistle is made of two pieces of wood, a back and a front, joined together at the sides. The mouth is oval in shape, with windway set inside. The neck is wrapped with strips of bark. The blade is long and slanted, rising to meet the shoulder, where many thin pieces of bark are wrapped to aid in the whistle’s joining. The body widens after the shoulder, and thin cotton thread is wrapped near the bottom. The wood has been shaved and worked to create a rounded end.

Axel Rasmussen Collection. Collected: Axel Rasmussen

Axel Rasmussen Collection. Collected: Axel Rasmussen

Axel Rasmussen Collection. Collected: Axel Rasmussen

Axel Rasmussen Collection. Collected: Axel Rasmussen

Axel Rasmussen Collection. Collected: Axel Rasmussen