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Carved stone bear (part a) with inset teeth. Stands on a rectangular stone base (part b) with two wooden pegs. The bear's forearms are bent, and mouth is open and baring its teeth.
Rectangular painting of two figures engaged in a head pull game. Two figures face one another and have a brown band wrapped around both of their heads. The figure on the left is lying on their stomach, with both arms out to support themselves. The figure on the right is sitting on their knees, with both arms out to support themselves. Both figures are wearing brown fur-lined, hooded coats, brown pants and boots. The figure on the right is wearing light brown and the figure on the left is wearing dark brown. Both figures are on snowy ground, painted with shades of pink, yellow, dark blue, light blue and dark green. Behind each of them are piles of dark and light brown rocks, with snow shaded yellow, purple and blue. In the background the sun is setting against a dark blue sky, with streaks of yellow, red and red-brown through it. The artist signature and year, "'09", are printed in pen in the bottom right corner. Next to the signature a small sun is sketched in ink.
Small soapstone carving of a caribou head (part a) with bone(?) antlers (parts b-c). The antlers insert into holes drilled behind the eyes. The caribou has lightly carved circular eyes, nose and mouth. Label adhered to base.
Small soapstone carving of a man in a parka. He stands with his hands at his sides, a small coil of rope (fibre and sinew) in each gloved hand. The inset face is carved bone(?) with black lined facial features.
Dog whip. Used with sled dogs, the whip has a wood handle with curved grip and three faceted sections each showing a different animal. Bottom section has an incised wolf or dog on either side; central section has a seal; and third shows a fish. All are filled with grey paint. Top side of facets have a green diamond, red arrow, and a red hook carved into them. Carved squares between the sections are painted red. The whip is attached to the end of the handle through holes in the wood. It is made of looped strands of black and brown leather woven to create a hard but flexible cord that diminishes in diameter toward the tip.
Large stone oil lamp. The piece is carved from stone, a half-circle in its top view. Surface is convex with slanted sides forming a shallow trough, a deep crease running lengthwise along the bottom from which stands a thick, angled rim. A groove for a wick sits at centre of rim. The opposite, curved, edge has a low lip to contain the lamp’s oil. The exterior bottom is rounded with a sharp point at middle. Hardened deposits remain on top and bottom surfaces. The lamp has been broken in two and repaired.
Stone carving of a woman. She is shown bending forward with a child wrapped in the amaut pouch on the back of her parka, and carrying a large stone cooking lamp in her hands, resting it on the ground in front of her. Her parka is fringed along the sides, and she wears high boots. The woman’s textured hair is plaited into two braids, her face broad, with wide eyes and mouth and a small nose. Disc number scratched on base appears to read E9 916.
Model stone oil lamp. Lamp (part a) is triangular in shape, concave on top surface, with intersecting ridges on the base that come to a point at centre. Bone wick (part b) is wide and slightly curved, carved with a series of regularly spaced grooves at top. Wood posts attach it to holes along the lamp's long edge. The small stone pot (part c) is rectangular, with a twisted, rigid sinew rope tied though holes at each corner. Rope fits into ridges carved into one end of the bone pot holder (part d), which bends in the centre and sits in a hole on the lamp’s edge. Lamp rests on a triangular stone stand (part e) with a raised ring at centre. Three wooden posts (part f, g, h) support the lamp above the stand.
Ookpik. Toy owl made from light yellow seal skin on front and brown on back. Head is large, body flares out slightly at shoulders. Eyes are circles of leather, with a brown leather triangle serving as a beak below. Feet are also leather and have three toes. Suede base is round and stitched to body with black thread.
Ookpik. Toy owl made from seal skin, a light brown-yellow on front and brown on back. Head is large, body flaring out slightly at shoulders. Eyes are large circles of leather, with a small leather beak below. Feet are also leather and have three toes. Suede base is round and stitched to body.