FROM CARD: "METAL BOWL."This object is listed, but not described or analyzed, in Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/92 , retrieved 1-24-2020. General information on pipes is available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/2: Inuvialuit first obtained pipes and tobacco in the 1800s through indigenous trade networks that stretched through Alaska and as far as Siberia. The MacFarlane Collection includes twenty pipes of this northern style. The bowls are made from metal, wood or stone, and with one exception the pipes have curved wooden stems split along their length and held together with a skin or sinew wrapping. Commonly a pick used for tamping tobacco and cleaning the bowl is attached to the pipe.

See Collins boat MS. p. 817.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/91 , retrieved 2-5-2020: Model of a kayak with prominent upturned ends that are distinctive of Inuvialuit kayaks. The frame is made from wood, and the cover is made from several pieces of hide stretched over the frame and stitched together. Deck lashings made from braided sinew for holding hunting implements are attached fore and aft of the cockpit and near the ends. The model includes a double-bladed paddle, and a paddle with a single blade. Both paddles have been decorated using charcoal and red ochre. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/32: Inuvialuit used lightweight kayaks for hunting whales and seals, setting and hauling fishnets, and spearing swimming caribou. The frames were made from driftwood, and skins of seals or beluga whales were used for covers. Inuvialuit kayaks had distinctive upturned stems that were useful for lifting them from the water. Full-sized kayaks would have been difficult to send to the Smithsonian Institution, and MacFarlane instead collected accurately made models.

Rectangular box; no top/lid present. Card indicates this is Inuit made.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/90 , retrieved 2-11-2020: Box made from wood. The side pieces and the bottom are joined to the end pieces by small wooden pegs inserted through drilled holes. There is no top with this box, although grooves cut into the upper edges of the side pieces for holding a top indicate that it once had one. The outer surfaces of the sides, ends and bottom have been stained with red ochre. There is no top with this box.This item is identified in the Smithsonian Institution's catalogue as a packing box. More information available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/12: The MacFarlane collection contains a variety of wooden boxes. Boxes carved from single pieces of wood, and boxes with sides made from bent pieces of wood with bottoms pegged to them, are traditional Inuvialuit forms that were used for storing tools and other objects. Boxes with separate pieces for each side, bottom and top identified in the Smithsonian Institution's artifact catalogue as 'Packing Box Made by Esquimaux' may have been commissioned by MacFarlane for packing artifacts that were sent to the Smithsonian.

For comb # 1 of 2 (called A in website): Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/89 , retrieved 1-3-2020: Comb made from ivory. The teeth were produced by making a series of small cuts at one end, probably using a saw judging from the nature of the cuts. Two notches on opposite edges of the handle likely were used for attaching a thong so that the comb could be attached to a belt. For comb # 2 of 2 (called B in website): http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/291 , retrieved 1-3-2020: Comb made from ivory. The teeth were produced by making a series of small cuts at one end, probably using a saw judging from the nature of the cuts. Two shallow notches on opposite edges of the handle likely were used for attaching a thong so that the comb could be attached to a belt. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/17: Small combs with fine teeth were used for personal grooming, as well as for combing sewn fur items.

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/88 , retrieved 12-30-2019: Gouge with a wood handle and an iron tip. The butt of the handle has been rounded for ease of use. Two incised lines encircle the handle. The tip has been made from a legth of iron that has been folded over and sharpened at one end. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/25: Gouges were used for boring holes into wood, antler, bone and ivory. Traditional Inuvialuit gouges had stone tips. Metal gouges obtained through trade or made from trade materials replaced stone gouges in the fur trade era.

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/87 , retrieved 1-28-2020: This is a flat, rectangular piece of ivory, broken at either end and engraved on both faces. One side depicts what appears to be a seal with a line attached to it. In front of the seal is a stick figure of an individual holding a harpoon, leaning forward as if against the weight of the line. On the other side of that figure is what appears to be another stick figure of a person, oriented ninety degrees to the other. This may be an example of a 'hunting score', recording in graphic form the results of a hunt. The opposite side is decorated with paired lines that zig-zag across the face of the object.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1894; FIG. 110; P. 700."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/86 , retrieved 12-31-2019: A large spindle for a bow drill. The cylindrical wooden shaft tapers towards the end that was held in a drill bearing. A small bone or antler peg has been inserted into that end, where it is held in place by a wrapping of sinew. This peg would have reduced wear on the spindle when it was rotated inside a bearing. The drill bit is an iron rod that has been beaten out into a diamond shaped point that has been filed sharp on the edges. In order to prevent the bit from splitting the spindle it is held in place by two pieces that were cut out of the spindle shaft and reinserted after the bit was put in place. A hide thong has been wrapped around this end of the spindle to keep these inset pieces and the tip securely in place. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/20: The bow drills in the MacFarlane Collection were used for boring holes into wood, antler, bone and ivory. The drill spindle (shaft) has a bit at one end, and the other end is shaped to fit into a bearing that is held between the teeth. The spindle is rotated by wrapping a slack thong attached at each end of a drill bow around it, and moving the bow back and forth. Ancestral Inuvialuit also used another type of bow drill for starting fires.

FROM CARD: "1 PAIR."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/200 , retrieved 12-19-2019: A pair of mittens made from caribou hide. These mittens have the fur to the inside. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/41: Mittens with separate thumbs were used for keeping the hands warm in winter. They usually have the hair on the outside at the back of the mitten, which can be held against one's face to keep it warm. The mittens usually are quite short, as the fur trim on the sleeves of parkas protected the exposed wrist.

Model of child's trousers with feet attached. It is probable this model once included a parka/upper garment, but one has not been located so far.Object is listed but not described or analyzed, in Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/266 , retrieved 2-7-2020. General information on clothing models here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/16: The collection contains several garments that were identified by Macfarlane as models, or interpreted as models due to their small size.

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/83 , retrieved 1-27-2020: Bow and spindle for a bow drill. The bow is a slightly curved ivory rod with a hole drilled at either end. One end of a hide thong passes through each hole and is knotted to hold it in place. The spindle has a cylindrical wooden shaft that tapers at each end. The end of the shaft that was inserted into a bearing is slightly trimmed. A tip made from a reworked file has been inserted into a slot at the other end, and is held in place with a hide thong wrapped around the spindle shaft. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/20: The bow drills in the MacFarlane Collection were used for boring holes into wood, antler, bone and ivory. The drill spindle (shaft) has a bit at one end, and the other end is shaped to fit into a bearing that is held between the teeth. The spindle is rotated by wrapping a slack thong attached at each end of a drill bow around it, and moving the bow back and forth. Ancestral Inuvialuit also used another type of bow drill for starting fires.