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Pair of hide moccasins with designs in moose hair tufting, dyed in shades of bright green and red and placed to make flowers, leaves and stems. Around the opening of the moccasin is a ring of brown fur. Beneath and on the sides of the heel are panels of red felt. The upper inside toe is lined with heavy cotton. One moccasin has worn through at the heel, the other is worn through at the ball of the foot.
Wooden carving of a man driving a sled led by a team of three dogs. A piece of black leather is wrapped through both hands and loops around the front dog’s lead. The three black dogs are adorned with harnesses of brown and tan hide and small pieces of wood. They are connected to the sled by very light tan strips of hide. All three dogs’ mouths have curled tails and dark red tongues protruding from their open mouths. The figure wears a parka with the hood pulled up around his face. He has simple features including a straight mouth and eyebrows, rounded eyes and a squared off nose. Directly in front of the driver is an open-topped box containing a miniature wooden hatchet (part c), shovel (part d) and machete (part e). A dark brown long gun (part b) rests across the top of the box. In front of the box there is a plump wooden seal (part f). It has two short fore flippers folded down over its chest. It has two small tail nestled between the two short hind flippers. On base: artist name and 'Eskimo Craft Charles Camsell Hospital Edmonton'.
Doll inside a hide carrier. The doll’s head protrudes out of the top of the carrier and wears a fur trimmed hood that ties under the chin. Each eye is a small black bead, with three red beads creating the mouth. The doll wears a rawhide top decorated with fringe on the shoulders and stitched closed down the front. Hands are crossed over the stomach. The carrier is closed tightly around the doll by thongs that crisscross across the front. Brown fur covers the sides and back of the carrier, a strip of white fur partially covers the back from top to bottom, and a rawhide fringe decorates the top back.
Pair of soft beaded hide gloves, or gauntlets, that reach to mid forearm. On the back of the hand are three lines of beads, white and red, with the two outer lines holding three green leaves each. On the back of the wrist is a white beaded flower with dark red centre and accent. It has two vines in the same colours, also with three green leaves per vine. On the outside wrist edge of each glove is a long hide fringe. The top cuff of the glove is rounded, while the underside cuff is straight. The wrist portion of the glove is decorated front and back as well as top and bottom with scalloped edging.
Heavily beaded baby carrier. The back piece is made of a thick, flat board of wood, rounded at top, narrowing considerably toward bottom, covered in hide. The front top of the board is beaded with a pattern of flowers of (from top) blue, brown, red and yellow with blue, all attached to green vines with leaves. The background is white beads. The bottom front half of the board is a leather tie-up bag with a canvas collar into which a baby can be placed. Over this is black velvet, beaded with three multicoloured, large flowers connected by a black and white vine. Green scalloped material edges the apron. The back side is red fabric with a blue and yellow flower pattern. On the back of the carrier is a belt attached at both sides.
Hand-made artificial limb. Made from a single piece of wood carved into a thigh height leg, wide at the thigh and narrowing toward the ankle, with a discernible knee. The thigh is hollowed out to the knee. A short blunted foot is carved at bottom, with a pad of rubber attached to back and bottom. Leather thongs are wrapped around the ankle and upper thigh, where a piece of leather protrudes holding a system for buckling that includes two metal rings.
Pair of wooden snow goggles with a hide strap. The goggles are short, wide and slightly curved. They have a rounded indent at the centre for the bridge of the nose. The slits are long and extremely narrow. The back of each of the eyes and the inside of the slits are painted back. The goggles have two holes on both right and left for the hide string, which is looped through and knotted on each side.
Hide jacket with beadwork designs and button front. The jacket length is to the waist, open at front with button closure. The buttons are covered with leather. A flower with a long green stem and coloured leaves is beaded on each side of the jacket. Pockets sit at the hip and are decorated at the top with beaded diamond shapes in green and orange. The underside of the pocket flaps is covered in a green and white flower pattern. The cuffs also hold beaded diamond shapes, in red, burgundy and a clear bead. On the back of the jacket is a line of four inch fringe at the midway appoint, above which are three beaded flowers, in blue and clear beads, with green stems and colourful beaded leaves.
Octagonal drum with deer hide stretched over a wooden frame and secured at the back with sinew. The face of the drum has a splash pattern at the centre in black ink. The hide is translucent along one half of the drum. The sinew, threaded through the edges of the hide, is pulled to the centre like spokes. A piece of elastic black string has been tied to two of the sinew spokes, for hanging.
Round drum with cream coloured hide stretched over a wooden frame and secured with thick hide ties at the back which are looped through a hide circle. The front of the drum is decorated with black ink around the edges with four roughly ovular black ink shapes at the centre. At the centre of the back, in the circle, the hide ties are braided into a cross shape and a black string is attached for hanging.