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AMERICA'S FASCINATING INDIAN HERITAGE. MAXWELL, JAMES, EDITOR, 1978, Publisher: READER'S DIGEST
The moccasins (part a and b) have soles, red skin and beadwork around the toes. The soles are light brown and wrap part way up the sides. There is brown fur sides and white fur around the foot opening. There is a strip of red skin around the toes decorated with white and dark blue beads. Above the strip is a circle of beadwork rings in dark blue, light blue, white and red.
Pair of skin boots with the uppers and legs made from a dark brown skin and a yellow skin sole. The cuffs are folded over and edged with dark grey fabric with red herringbone pattern.
Plain. Bow drill and mouthpiece. The antler drill (part a) is cylindrical and tapered to a rounded point at the bottom end and has a long point at the opposite end. The bone piece (part b) is that of a caribou foot. The bone bow (part c) is a curved piece and a loose band of skin across and knotted through a hole at each end of the curved piece.
Walrus tusk ice pick at one end of the plain wooden shaft. Long thick point fastened to the shaft with bearded sealskin line.
Hooded coat (kalerak, or anorak) made of strips of scraped intestine. The body of the coat is made of vertical strips that extend into the hood. The arms are made of vertically sewn strips (vertical when arms are spread). The rim of the hood is lined with a cotton casing through which a thread is strung. The strips are sewn together with a dark blue cotton thread, thus accentuating the seams. A patch of intestine has been sewn onto the coat below the right arm. The bottom and the sleeves are trimmed with narrow strips of seal skin.
Plain curved piece with a long loose band of skin going across and through a hole at each end of the curved piece down around which it coils.
Seal retriever. Gourd-shaped wooden object with three metal hooks inserted in the lower end. Wooden protective coverings are used over the hooks. Top end has a line attached to it.
The boots (part a-b) are brown sealskin with a band of fur and blue fabric around the opening. The boots made of shaved ringed sealskin with soft pleated shaved bearded sealskin soles. The top of the boots is trimmed with a haired strip of ringed sealskin with horizontal fur flow and a blue fabric casing. The drawstrings are made of blue fabric tape that can be tied at the back of the boots. The leg section of the boots is rather broad, angling slightly outward.
Metal harpoon head (a) with a pivoting barb at the tip and a seal skin sheath (b). Thong ties are attached to both the harpoon head and the case.