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Short statuette of a billiken type figure. The figure has high, rounded cheeks, slanted eyes, and tall, pointed ears. There are two small scratches on the crown of his head indicating hair. Two holes have been bored into the chest suggesting nipples. A belly button has been carved and painted black on the figure’s rounded stomach. It has shallowly-carved sides with extremely long arms.
Small, white figurine of a dog. The dog is posed standing on four legs with its tail pointing straight behind it. It has small squared ears and a somewhat long snout. The carved eyes and mouth are black.
Walrus tusk carving of blanket toss game, depicting five figures holding the raised edges of a blanket elevating a female figure. Hair, facial features, dotted edging of coats and rims of shoes are coloured in with black paint. Blanket is oval in shape, with elongated oval hand holds around the outer edging. All figures have their hoods down, save for the female being tossed.
Small carving of a seal. The animal has one wide flipper extended at the back and two faintly carved front flippers at the sides. The body is thick and rounded, and has a hole bored into the stomach, possibly for insertion of a small dowel. The head of the figure is small and has eyes, nostrils and mouth painted on in black.
Small carving of a seal. The animal has two flippers extended at the back, with a small trianglular tail carved between them. At front, the seal rests on two protruding flippers at chest level. The body is thick and rounded, flat on the ventral surface. The head has eyes and nose lightly carved and darkened with brown.
Small carving of a seal. The animal has two flippers extended at the back, and two tucked close to the body on the ventral side nearer the front. The body is thick and rounded, and shows encircling construction ridges. The head is small, with nose, mouth, eyes and ears carved into the tusk and emphasized in brown. A light brown strip of the tusk’s dentine, rough in texture, runs the length of the figure from nose to rear.
Small carving of a bird. Wings are tucked back and delineated by a carved line around the lower body. The base of the bird is flat with two small feet protruding out at the bottom front. The neck is long and head is small, with a pointed beak and no defined features.
Small carving of a sled dog, with a hide harness. The animal stands with head low and tail extended straight, in a wide stance. The head is squared, with delicately carved ears and painted eyes and mouth. The harness surrounds the dog’s shoulders and neck and trails down the back toward the tail.
Small replica knife carved entirely out of tusk. A thinly carved blade, somewhat translucent, makes up the larger portion of the object, with one side sharpened to a fine edge and the other blunt. The handle is shorter than the blade, with carved finger hollows on one side. The scratches of construction can be seen overall.
Model of a harpoon point. A small triangular metal blade is imbedded in a carved piece of tusk which is forked at its butt end, is cleaved at the top for blade insertion, and has a hole bored through its ventral centre. Through the hole is strung a long thin strip of hide, at the other end of which is attached an oblong wooden buoy.