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Oval dish with two birds in flight, one at either end (part a). One bird is detached from dish (part b) and has yellow eyes. The other bird has black eyes. Written in pen on the base under the bird with yellow eyes is 'Oaksow' and on the base under the other bird is written 'Epali-at-jew'.
Cribbage board in a rectangular form (part a) made out of stone. Board has ivory strips inset to divide the board into two rows of six holes for a total of twelve rectangles with two rows of six holes each. There are two holes for the markers (no longer included). Each of these holes is capped by a stone bear head (parts b and c).
Carving of a walrus torso. Walrus has flippers outstretched. Eyes, nostrils and holes for tusks are drilled. Mouth is incised. There is a drilled hole that runs through the piece from the right shoulder to the base.
Carving of a seal head. Seal is looking forward as if looking out of a seal hole or poking its head above water. Eyes have been drilled, as have nostrils (which are not parallel). Mouth has been incised. Fore flippers are indicated by a light indentation.
Small stone carving of a bird set onto a section of cut walrus tusk.
A stone base carved to represent an ice floe with four walrus carvings - one juvenile and three adults with tusks. One walrus is attached to the floe base (part a) while three are detached (parts b-d). Each detached walrus has a peg in the bottom to set it into a hole on the base. Whiskers and facial features are drawn on by pen. Stone base has semi-circular notches cut out of each side and a decorative incised border.
Carving of two women standing on a rectangular base. One of the women is pegged to the base and is wearing a skirt and amauti (parka), with the hood on her head. The other women (part b) is similarly clothed but the hood is down and there is a baby wearing a bonnet in the pouch. The outlines of the amautis and the facial features of the women and the infant are incised and then drawn with ink or pencil. The part b figure is detached and has an iron peg in the bottom of her foot. There is an extra hole in the base (suggesting a missing piece?).
Carving of the torso of a seal. Seal is in the act of pulling itself out of a hole in the ice. All we see are the seal's fore flippers and head. Eyes and nostrils have been created by drilling holes and the mouth has been incised. A series of short parallel lines are incised along one edge of the bottom of the figure, along with an incised circle in the centre.
Carving of a hunter holding a rifle. The rifle is carved from a separate piece of tusk. Man has his right foot in front of his left foot in the act of walking. The man is glued to a stone.
Carving of a goose sitting as if on water. Feathers are delineated on bird and goose is facing forwards. At one point it had inset eyes. Goose is attached to base with an iron peg. The name of the bird in Inuktitut "Nil-lil" is written in ink on the base.