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Miniature model of a hooked hunting spear consisting of a hook on the end of a notched handle.
Miniature carving of a harpoon consisting of a rounded and pointed blade, with a rounded handle slightly larger in diameter. Handle ends in pointed tip.
Curved bone handle with a length of rawhide attached at both ends; handle has scalloped edge to fit against fingers.
Stylized fish with wide, exaggerated, horizontal mouth across front and round, black, inset eyes above. There is a transverse hole drilled through the inner portion of the mouth. Ridges on each side of central bump on body which tapers to tail. Tail is aligned longitudinally and has five parallel channels extending in from concave edge. Bottom has two sets of bumps on either side indicating gills?
Stylized, seated gull carved from weathered whale bone. Dense bone appears only at top of head and along part of one side. The rest is porous, darker bone. Bird's head is raised up with open beak and circular indentations for eyes. Series of parallel channels indicate wings. Clawed feet extend slightly out at front.
Minature kayak with long bow tapering to a blunt point--widest just behind u-shaped cockpit. Cockpit is closer to stern than bow and has a raised lip and cavity which appears to have been drilled out, not completely finished. Stern tapers to a point. Side view shows a relatively flat bottom rising to a point at bow. Bottom is slightly bowed up towards stern. Mottled dentine runs the length of kayak and shows on sides and bottom.
Walking polar bear with left legs slightly ahead of right legs. Long neck with tapering head ending in flat snout with nostrils and slightly curving mouth. Small round eyes below sculptured eyes. Black pigment has been applied to eyes, nostrils and mouth. Mottled dentine shows along centre of underside.
Figure kneeling on one leg in front of a round hole in a flat rectangular platform (a) a smaller figure also kneels beside the hole. The larger figure is dressed in a parka with the hood down. His hair is indicated by a series of lines. Facial features include curved ears, a long straight nose, deep, small oval eyes and a small straight mouth. In his raised right hand he holds a leister spear (e) with a wooden shaft and three ivory prongs (g) attached to the shaft with wrapped thread. The leister holds a fish (part b). In the other hand he holds an ivory jig hook on a thread, tied to a wooden handle (d). The smaller figure has his hood up and similar facial features as the larger figure. A separate spoon (c) has a detachable wooden handle (f). Disc number inscribed on bottom reads E8 503.
Stylized sloping antler figure (part a) held by a peg onto leaf shaped bone platform (b). Figure is long and slender with head at one end, single front limb holds up figure from peg in platform. Inset baleen eyes in curved orbits, flares out at wide nose with drilled nostrils, deep mouth above curved chin. Dense white antler on top of head, porous grey antler at face and at thinner portions of figure. There are two limbs stretched out behind extended belly. Feet rest on leaf stem. Leaf platform is long, thin and tapers on both ends. The surface is uneven. Four characters are inscribed on bottom of platform.
Two mermaid-like ivory figures (b-c) are pegged to a flat, cross-section of antler (a). Both figures have fan-like tails, humanoid faces, crosshatched braids on back and small pectoral fins. B is lying out straight, while c has head turned and tail is on its edge.