Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Cribbage game board. Object is carved in the shape of a fish, balancing on four peg legs, with a wide head and rounded snout, eyes set far apart on top of head. Down the back of the creature are bored four lines of small, evenly placed holes and among these are etched images of animals such as seals, walrus, fish, whales, and people fishing and driving a dog sled. The etchings have been darkened, with an ink or pigment, for visibility.

Multi-component whale bone carving. A large, flat slab of bone (part a) serves as the base of the sculpture, with several small holes bored into the top. The holes hold short, fine, bone or wood pegs (parts f to k) which serve as the legs of four small carved birds (parts b to e) that stand atop the base. All the birds hold their wings on their backs, their eyes are small bored holes painted black or filled with a black substance, and one has an open beak.

Soapstone figure of a man with hunting tools. The figure is kneeling, his right arm raised, a hole bored through the fist to hold a tool. The other arm is held at his side with a similar hole in the fist. He wears a parka with hood pulled over his head, as well as leggings and boots. Parts b and c are made of tusk: a long spear and a knife.

Bone awl. The bone itself is the partial ulna of a goat or mule deer. The distal end has been sharpened to a point, while the proximal mass has a small, straight cut in one side.

Hollow bone tube with bands of cross-hatching at each end. Brown twisted hide cord wrapped around middle, leading to long loop. Cord is reddish on some edges and has been darkened by use.

Bone flute with four stops, flattened sides, rounded hole in mouthpiece and wide opening in the other side. Well polished. Slightly cracked.

Bone pick with acute distal end, rounded sides, long groove at the back and no decoration.

Bone pick with acute distal end, a frog pommel and concave-convex sides. Frog decoration is looking to the opposite side and has incised legs and rounded eyes.

Bone balance beam (from which scales would hang) with flattened sides, a central suspension hole and holes through lower corners. Slightly cracked.