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Linocut print on rectangular off-white paper, in portrait orientation; relief design with background done in black, design same colour as paper. Design consists of two sea spirits with humanoid upper halves and tails. Largest spirit in centre depicted in profile, facing forward; has large circular eyes, square nostrils, smiling mouth, and wrinkled face. Large ears are being held by two hands, and third arm is holding a fish. Second spirit, along left side of design, is shown in profile, facing other spirit, and holding it's tail with two hands. It has long hair, a small ear, and protruding lips. Wavy lines and fish throughout background. Title, print type, edition number, 15/50, place made, date made, and artist signature written along bottom edge of print in pencil. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council logo stamped in bottom left corner, underneath inscription; West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative stylized igloo logo in top left corner of design.
Stonecut print on rectangular off-white paper, in horizontal orientation; done in black ink. Design of a person in an igloo and a woman giving birth. The igloo has a circular protrusion on top, and a black base with syllabics across it. The woman is giving birth next to a bare tree, underneath an overhanging branch. Additional tree on the right side of the print, with another person hanging upside down from one of the upper branches. Edition number, 11/50, title, print maker, artist, and year made written in pencil along bottom edge; title, maker, and artist written in both syllabics and English. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council logo embossed in bottom right corner; additional logo, consisting of syllabics inside a rhombus, embossed in bottom left corner.
Pounded and engraved, slightly oval silver pendant with design covering front side. Markings of a 1913(?) Silver Canada 25 Cent piece are still visible on the concave back side. The top of the coin has a pierced hole with a round clasp inserted.
Child size birchbark canoe. Wood frame, with lengthwise wood slat construction; sheets of birchbark stitched together using long strips of root. Black resin applied along base and seams.
Model pole carved of whale bone. Eagle at the top, perched on a crouching human figure, then a bird-like figure with claws or talons at the base. Eyes, some lines and background areas have been coloured black (ink or paint?). Back of pole smooth and slightly concave. Pole attached to rounded base, with scalloped pattern, by two metal screws. Artist name, place and date inscribed on back.
Painting on paper, of the front painted screen on a long house. Thunderbird with killer whale in talons on viewer's left; killer whale and two lightening snakes on viewer's right. Mainly in black, with yellow, orange and red on faces and wings. Inscription on painting reads: "Clutesi /1971"
Large, kidney-shaped, hand-woven basket; cedar slat construction, wrapped with cedar root; decorated with alternating stipes of imbrication in black and red cherry bark and pale yellow grass. Small half-circle handles attached near top edge at each end. Fourteen vertical stripes around all sides of basket; each set consists of 2 bark, 2 grass, 3 bark, 2 grass, 2 bark, some in black bark and grass, others in red bark and grass. Remains of secondary handles at both corners of the indented side (small root remains in four holes at one end; holes are empty at other end.) Old repair runs along the top edge on the outer side.
Circular, handheld drum made from hide stretched over a wooden frame. Drum has four lengths of wire across the back with cloth covering the centre juncture, forming a handle. Drumstick (part b): head of drumstick covered with black cloth; small section next to head painted green.
'Ksan Doors: four large cedar panels that join in pairs. Each panel is covered with carved figures and designs, with an uncarved border around the edges.
Cedar bark basket with no seams (sides have collapsed). Inside the basket were found fragmented strands of dentalium shell, blue beads, and bark (now grouped as part b); and a large quantity of loose dentalium shells and fragments (now grouped as part c).