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Line (Coiled)60/6922

AMERICA'S FASCINATING INDIAN HERITAGE. MAXWELL, JAMES, EDITOR, 1978, Publisher: READER'S DIGEST

Culture
Eskimo: Copper
Material
great bearded seal hide
Made in
Coronation Gulf, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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MoccasinsA2.497 a-b

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.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
bearded seal skin, ringed seal skin and glass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots424/3 a-b

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.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
seal skin, fibre, dye and bearded seal skin
Made in
Iuugivik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow DrillA2.189 a-c

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.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
bearded seal skin, steel metal and caribou bone
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HarpoonA2.557

Walrus tusk ice pick at one end of the plain wooden shaft. Long thick point fastened to the shaft with bearded sealskin line.

Culture
Inuit: Iglulik
Material
wood, bearded seal skin and walrus tusk
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gut Skin ParkaA2.522

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.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
bearded seal intestine, cotton fibre and ringed seal skin
Made in
Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA2.441

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.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone and bearded seal skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.330

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.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
wood, bearded seal skin and metal
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BootsA2.491 a-b

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.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bearded seal skin, ringed seal skin, sinew and cotton fibre
Made in
Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA2.295 a-b

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.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
steel metal and bearded seal skin
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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