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Ulu type knife. Flared metal blade with a rounded, beveled edge on the bottom. Top point of the blade is attached by two rivets to a metal shank that connects to a short, horizontal handle of yellow-brown tusk.
Piece of copper ore.
Fire starter kit. Pieces a-c range from 7.6 to 12.7 cm in diameter. Two pieces (a-b) are iron pyrite, each in a caribou skin bag. Part c is a piece of copper. Part d is a skin bag of moss (for tinder).
Hook-shaped wick trimmer, carved from dark brown-black stone.
A small stone lamp with a very shallow dish shape.
Translucent brown-gold scoop-shaped ladle with a wide front tapering towards the back. A tab-like handle protrudes from the back, bent at a sharp, upward angle.
Whale bone carving of a hunter carrying an unstrung cable-backed bow and bucket, attached to an irregularly-shaped base (part a); figure is standing along front edge of base. Small stone structure (part b), made up of rocks stacked on top of one another, on opposite end of base; attached with two pegs. Figure has intricately carved facial features, consisting of oval-shaped eyes, wide nose, and frowning mouth. Figure has a large skin pack strapped across back; sinew straps wrap around hunter's chest. Pack has long rods sticking out of either end; tufts of white fur around where the rods protrude. Small back quiver slung over hunter's right shoulder; self-nocked arrow shafts (parts c-k) fill quiver. Bucket hunter is holding in left hand is filled with dark red and orange stones. Figure is unsigned.
Black stone carving of male figure. Face is tilted upward. Head slopes into a roughly shaped, triangular body. Male has circular eyes, a long wide nose, and smiling mouth. Two small nostrils are indented along bottom edge of nose. Mouth is incised, rest of facial features done in relief. Two rounded hands extend from either side of the body. Vertical lines incised along hand edges, imitating fingers. Base is flat.
Black stone carving of a hunter holding a seal, with his right arm raised over his head. Only the seal's head is visible, extending from the area of the man's waist and held by his left hand. Both have incised eyes and mouths. Syllabics inscribed on base.
Bust of an Inuit boy. Carved in black stone, the entire face is surrounded by the edge of a fur hood; the back is plain other than the fur of the hood around the head. Variations in the stone at the back show greenish tones. The base is signed 'Manome', with a green co-op sticker that says 'Manomee', as well as an Eskimo Art Canada sticker.