Standing wood figure (ibeji) on flat round platform. Tapered oval head with flat chin, carved hair, and smooth rounded features, with carved lines on each cheek. Ears and buttocks are pointed. Phallus protrudes from the waist. Rounded stomach with carved triangle decorations. Arms are connected to the body forming an oval. Decorated with beaded red and white belt and beaded brown necklace.

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer

Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Carving of a sled with dog hitch. The sled (part a) is made of many individual pieces (each cross bar and each runner is a separate piece - lashed by sinew done in the way a real sled would be lashed). On top of the sled is lemming fur for a driver to sit on. Tucked under the lemming fur is a separate harpoon (part d) and a separate hitch line and toggle (part e). The driver (part b) is carved in a separate piece and has a separate rifle (part c). Attached to the front of the sled is the hitch for the dogs complete with a toggle for the attachment of each dog.

Needle made from a phalange from a flying fox.

Needle. A phalange from a flying fox.

Needle. Two phalanges of a flying fox bound together with very fine white fibre and clear adhesive tape towards the tips, almost covering them.

Needle. Two phalanges of a flying fox bound together with very fine, white fibre and clear adhesive tape towards both ends of the tool.

Long bamboo spear. A carved bone head with eight barbs in two staggered rows, bound to a narrow wooden upper shaft with string and wax. This is decorated with carved diagonal patterns filled with lime and is inserted into a larger bamboo shaft and bound with rattan and beeswax. The lower shaft has been thinly shaved towards the join and a few thin lines have been scratched around the top and butt.