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Small carved seal head, flattened at back with an oval hole at centre. Two holes on bottom with loose wooden plugs broken off at surface. Top surface has a row of incised circles with dots inside; wedge-shaped snout with incised v-shaped mouth, whispers and nostrils; eyelash-like eyebrows above round eyes, dots behind eyes. All circles are blackened.
Rigid semicircular necklace made from an extended row of teeth protruding from a thick band of rattan. Fifty-two pig's teeth are woven into a semi-circle of a double layer of rattan. Fine string winds around the teeth to keep them in place and is tied to a thicker string which crosses the open back of the semi-circle.
Half-moon-shaped object is pointed at one end and polished; the rest is dull and has a yellowish colour. Two drilled holes through object are strung with orange cord held in place by pegs. Three bone chips hang from cord. Near hole is 5.5 cm. Piece has rounded end with drilled hole looped with two cords. The four cord ends are tied to a long, much thicker cord. On its end is a strip of horn, attached by being bent over the cord and lashed down.
Sled (a) made from the lower jaw bones of a caribou, with teeth intact. There is a cross-bar lashed onto the back of the sled below the handles. The rawhide traces are tied onto the front of the sled and have worn through so that the team is not connected. Each member of the 'dog' team (c-e) is represented by a uncarved humerus seal bone wearing a rawhide harness with a long strip attached. The whip (b) is made of thin pieces of carved bone with a long rawhide strip lashed with thread.
Long wooden spear with a straight, cylindrical handle and an elongated spearhead that tapers to a point. The blade has dozens of teeth affixed along both edges. Leaf and fibre woven sleeve at the joint between shaft and blade, as well as over the tip of the head.
Whale tooth suspended on a cord of vegetable fibre.
Two whale teeth that have a hole drilled into them through which a braided string passes. Natural colour cord.
Bear tooth ornament, consisting of a large, slightly conical shaped tooth with a hole drilled through the top. Attached through the hole is a strip of leather, tied in a knot.
A flat shell disc (kapkap) with a carved, thin, tortoise-shell disk attached over the shell and held in place by the string and tooth. Intricately pierced tortoise-shell placed over white shell. Tortoise-shell has the following concentric designs from the centre outward: cross-like; eight radiating delta-like shapes; thirteen clockwise pointing loops; and sixteen notched triangles.
Bear shaped feast dish, or bowl. Carved from a solid piece of wood; painted black on exterior, unpainted interior. The dish has an oval shaped concavity placed at the back of the bear. The five toes of each of the four feet are also unpainted. Inside of mouth is painted red and has been inset with yellowed seal teeth; ten maxillary and eleven mandiblary. A nail projects from top of right ear, where a previous repair was done. Copper-coloured metal bands have been nailed across the lower jaw, and along the rear of the bowl.