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Male or generic form with crease incision on each side (front and back) indicating arms. Round head with flattened face and wide triangular nose in slightly higher relief. Horizontal incision for eyes and mouth and across bottom front of torso. Bowed legs. Back, buttocks, and backbone are defined by slight indentation.
Figure of female form, flattened in cross-section with rectangle above featureless oval head. Carved diamond-shaped channel outlining slightly bulbous abdomen, large flat breasts, and legs truncated above knee. Back side is slightly concave and very porous. Rasp-like marks on side of one leg.
Four-footed polar bear with large head; back curves into head,chin almost touches ground. Incised mouth and flat muzzle, nostrils and eyes are inlaid circles of wood. Oval ears in slight relief. Four short stubby legs. Tail indicated by oval-shape at back. Centre core of mottled tusk dentine visible from bottom and at head.
Male or generic form with arms slightly out from sides ending at hips. Round head with flattened face, long narrow nose in higher relief, and horizontal incised lines for eyes and mouth. Inside surface of each leg is flat and knees protrude slightly. Horizontal crease at back of knee. Buttocks are defined. Vertical crease at backbone.
Figure of male or generic form with crease incision on each side (front and back) to indicate arms. Round head with flattened face, brow, and triangular nose in slightly higher relief than cheek area, and horizontal incisions for eyes and mouth. Inside surface of each leg is flat and the legs taper to the bottom with a crease at the back of the knees and to define buttocks. Natural longitudinal cracks on face, left hand, back of head, and buttocks. Dentine mottling through head tapering towards middle of figure.
Male or generic form with arms, slightly out from sides, ending at hips. Four vertical lines indicate hands on either side. Oval head with flattened face, forehead and triangular nose are in higher relief, horizontal incised lines at eyes, mouth and less deeply for eyebrows. Legs are minimally shaped, flaring slightly at feet.
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.
Fish with incised mouth and graphite applied to 'nostrils' and eye holes. Gills and pectoral fins are indicated on each side; dorsal fin at top behind head and other fins above and below tail. There are scratches or carving marks at fins and gills; some dirt in these areas. Fish is mounted on a polished brown section of walrus tusk.
Seal-shaped toggle with two holes through centre of back and a hole connecting eyes. Flat snout on rounded head with incised mouth and lines above. Deeply drilled nostrils. Short flippers on each side parallel to holes. Oval-shaped body tapers to flippers at back, divided by a longitudinal incised line splitting to a v-shape on top. Each flipper has three short longitudinal lines on top surface.
An ornament of four white and brown boar's tusks pierced at both ends with a brown fibre strap tied on.