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Buckskin WrapE328772-0
Snow Shovel ModelE7451-0

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/80 , retrieved 1-28-2020: This is a small copy of a snow shovel, made of wood. A bent wood handle is mortised to the paddle-shaped shovel. On the same side there is an incised line running diagonally across the blade of the shovel, which is crossed at about its midpoint by a smaller incised lin. A triangular suspension hole has been cut through the handle. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/53: Snow shovels were used for clearing snow and for throwing snow onto sod houses and houses made of snow blocks to provide extra insulation.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Marmot Skin BlanketE131094-0
Soup LadleE1655-0

Anthropology catalogue ledger book entry for this object identifies it as a "soup ladle." This was mistranscribed on artifact catalogue card as "soap ladle."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/78 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Ladle carved from a single piece of wood. The ladle has a short handle with a triangular section cut out. This opening may have been for hanging the ladle on a peg. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/36: Ladles made from wood, horn and ivory were used for dipping water and for stirring and serving broth.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Man's RobeE1733-0

From card: "Deer skin."This object is listed, but not described or analyzed, in 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/77 , retrieved 1-17-2020.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Model Of Bow & Quiver Of ArrowsE1632-0

FROM CARD: "BOW QUIVER & 4 ARROWS."As of 2010, this object consists of small sinew cable-backed bow and 4 small arrows.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/76 , retrieved 12-17-2019: This miniature bow and arrow set is about one-third scale when compared to full size bow and arrows in the collection. Although it could have been made for a boy, it is listed in the Smithsonian Institution's catalogue as a model. The simple bow has sinew backing. One of the arrows is tipped with an iron arrowhead, and one has an arrowhead made of bone. Arrowheads are missing from the two other arrows.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Bracelet Worked With PorcupineE2013-0

FROM CARD: "STRIPS OF BUCKSKIN, 1 1/4 INCHES IN WIDTH, COVERED WITH STRIPS OF PORCUPINE QUILL OF DIFFERENT COLORS, INTERWOVEN IN A MOSAIC PATTERN, AND LINED WITH OTHER STRIPS OF BUCKSKIN. *DOUBLE ENTRY UNDER CAT. #593. ILLUS.: HNDBOOK OF N. AMER. INDIAN, VOL. 6,. SUBARCTIC, FIG. 6, PG. 343."

Culture
Slavey
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Game BagE2023-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; PL. 129; P. 548. *DOUBLE ENTRY UNDER CAT. #636."

Culture
Athabascan (Athabaskan)
Made in
Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Ornamented Buffalo Skin RobeE9461-0

FROM CARD: "BUFFALO ROBE ORNAMENTED WITH LINES OF QUILL WORK IN RED, YELLOW, BLUE, WITH TUFTS OF RED WOOL. RETURNED 10/6/65. LOAN: DENVER MUSEUM 3/15/65."

Culture
Unspecified and Northern Plains
Made in
Oregon, USA and Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Fire Bag, OrnamentedE1082-0

FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #A73, P.127."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/75 , retrieved 12-10-2019: Tobacco pouch. A pouch made of caribou skin. The decoration is made using pieces of white haired caribou skin and snippets of red and dark blue wool cloth. Around the bottom of the bag is a fringe of white haired skin strips that have been tipped with dark haired pieces of fur, possibly wolverine fur. Pouches of this type were commonly used to hold tobacco.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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