A drinking cup made of carved walrus tusk. Carved design with cross-hatching all around exterior sides.

Dagger hilt, or pommel, of walrus tusk or sperm whale tooth. Main section is the shape of a bear head, with a smaller bear crouching over the top of the lower head. Inlaid abalone eyes, teeth, nostrils and ears. A human figure extends right through the large head, its legs and knees protruding from each side of the main mouth, and the soles of its feet serving as teeth for the bear.

Undecorated sperm whale tooth attached to a woven cord, called a tabua. The cord is made of braided plant fibre wrapped with colourful strands of yarn. Two holes are bored through the tooth, one at the tip and one near the top, through which the cord is tied.

The object is a sperm whale tooth with engraved images into which black pigment was applied. Images depict various aspects of hunting, fishing, and daily life. They include animals such as walrus, bears, whales, fishes and dogs. Condition is fair and stable with some material loss towards wide end of tooth.

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). The head of the creature appears to be an animal with black circular eyes, a large snout with big round nostrils, an open mouth with four canines and its tongue sticking out through the teeth. The body of the creature is in the position of someone crawling on all fours with their arms bent, but also with a small carved point where a tail would be.

Whale tooth. [CAK 23/06/2009]

Mammalian tooth, incisor or canine, probably from a whale or sea lion. [CAK 23/06/2009]

Five whale teeth tied to a leather thong. Broken in two pieces. One piece (part a) has two large teeth of similar size. The other piece (part b) has three teeth, two small and one medium in size.

Engraving tool with bone handle, recycled from Victorian table cutlery.