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Carving of a long-tailed jaeger. Jaeger is sitting on a hollow, cylindrical section of narwhal tusk that has been smoothed. Bird has a distinctive curved beak and forked tail. Black inset eyes. On the base is written "Esho-onga" in ink.
Ashtray in the form of a rectangle with cut off corners. It has been created from two pieces of narwhal tusk pegged together. There are four rests for cigarettes, one on each side of the rim. There are also four holes that have been drilled through the piece which are slightly larger than the diameter of a cigarette.
Small elongated, oval dish with two pedestal feet. There is a bird perched at each end of the dish facing outwards with their wings raised as if in flight. The bird species are written on the base in pencil: one is "Nowya" which is seagull (Nauja in Inuktitut), and the other is "Kiing-ma-la".
Carving of a tree with six branches. There are a number of leaves as well as two small birds sitting on two different branches. There is a dog, or fox, with its front paws on the trunk peering up at the birds. The animal has black inset eyes. Sitting on the base is a stone bird. The base of the sculpture is made of wood.
Rectangular-shaped dark grey coloured metal blade with white-grey coloured curved handle. Blade is sharpened on one edge only, is attached to the handle by two long pieces of antler that run between the handle and blade, and secured with metal rivets to the blade. Narwhal tusk dowels attache antler pieces to the handle.
Long white-yellow tusk piece with carved spiral grooves that extend to a smooth, long and narrow sharpened point with a small hook. The top of the spiral grooves have rounded edges and the underside of the piece has a flat surface.
Part of a tusk, made into an engraved plaque. Piece has one polished and engraved surface, whereas the back surface is rough for most of its length. Tapers to a point on one end. Engraving shows a spotted fish on left, followed by the top of two spouting whales with the bottom half of a swimming walrus between and above them. Next is the tail fluke of a whale and the top of a spouting whale; profile view of a large dog-like animal with a spotted face; two small profile human figures, each with one arm raised and touching; two objects of closely spaced v-shapes along a central line, in the same style as dog's tail and whale spouts; followed by two birds(?); two large feet with hatched lines at ankles. Igloo(?) with two raised platforms; two triangular shapes, a rounded rectangle; and two walruses. Most shapes are filled in with closely spaced vertical lines. Diagonal line extends from second whale spout. Carving marks across fish tail and on edges. Cracks on back near pointed end running diagonally following natural contours.