FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; PL. 4, FIG. 2; P. 336. [FORMERLY] ON EXHIBIT HALL 9."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/51 , retrieved 12-30-2019: A pair of men's ankle high shoes. The soles are made from seal hides, and are finely pleated around the fore part of the foot and at the back of the heel. They are joined to the ankle section by a pointed vamp made of strips of dark and light seal hide. Around the top of the ankle on each shoe is a casement holding a drawstring.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC, PG. 352, FIG. 4A. "WOODEN REEL WITH NOTCHED ENDS WITH PIECES OF IVORY AS GUIDES FOR THE BALEEN LINE."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/50 , retrieved 2-5-2020: Fishing rod, line and lures. This type of fishing tackle was used when fishing from shore. The rod is made from a cylindrical piece of wood, and has one or more baleen lines wrapped lengthwise around it that have been secured for storage with several short lengths of baleen. At each end there are four small lures whose hooks are wedged into the rod. The lures are made from antler, bone, or ivory, and are decorated with split beads set into shallow holes drilled into the surfaces of the shanks. The lures are attached to the main section of the lines by shorter and lighter coloured pieces of baleen, perhaps to make that part of the line less visible to fish. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/21: Fishing tackle was used for catching fish in rivers and streams during the open water season, and for jigging through holes chiseled through ice in winter and spring. Fishing tackle in the MacFarlane Collection includes fishing rods (iqaluksiun) with lines (ipiutaq) made from baleen, and bone and antler lures (niksik) with iron hooks. Less commonly, fishhooks were made from wood.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC PG. 353, FIG. 6A. WOLVERINE SKIN BAG DECORATED WITH BLUE AND RED SEED BEADS SEWED TO BANDS OF CLIPPED HAIR; LEATHER THONG WITH LARGE BLUE BEAD AND FUR AT THE END." Handbook photo caption further identifies this as a decorated wolverine skin bag used to carry tobacco, pipe, flint, steel and tinder.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/49 , retrieved 12-17-2019: A wolverine skin pouch with blue and red trade beads sewn to strips of clipped hair that are sewn around the centre of the pouch. Strips of hide, some of which have been stained with red ochre, form a fringe along the bottom of of the pouch. A hide thong attached to the pouch has an oval blue bead at the end with wolverine fur tassels. The red beads on this item may be a type known as Cornaline d'Aleppo that were brought to west coast Alaska by Russian traders. Pouches of this type were commonly used to hold tobacco. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/45: Traditional Inuvialuit clothing had no pockets. Instead, small bags or pouches were used for carrying items such as sewing implements, tobacco, and tinder, flint and steel for making fire. These bags often were exquisitely made by piecing together contrasting pieces of skin and decorating them with fringes and beads. Pouches like the one shown here typically were used to hold tobacco.

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/48 , retrieved 12-19-2019: A belt fastener made from antler. Two holes have been drilled through the fastener for attaching to one end of a belt. One surface has been decorated with a series of engraved lines. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/6: Belts were worn around the waist outside the parka. They were commonly made from a strip of hide with a loop or slit at one end and a fastener, sometimes called a buckle or clasp, at the other end that was passed through the loop. Fasteners typically were made from bone, antler or ivory, but brass buttons became common in later periods. Teeth, hooves and carved items often were attached to belts, and may have served as charms to ensure success in hunting, or to ward off evil spirits or disease.

SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS LIST THIS CATALOG NUMBER ON "DISTRIBUTION LIST #6" IN 1867 WITHOUT ANY MENTION OF WHERE IT WAS SENT.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/47 , retrieved 1-3-2020: Crooked knife with an iron blade attached to an antler handle with two iron rivets. The bottom edge of the handle has a series of indentations to improve the grip. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/18: Crooked knives were used for shaping wood, bone and antler. The Inuvialuit style of crooked knife has a small blade attached near the end of a curved handle. The knife is held with the fingers of one hand on the underside of the handle, and the thumb positioned on top of the blade in an indentation in the handle. The craftsman rests the underside of the blade against the object being worked, and draws the knife towards the body while using the thumb on the hand holding the tool to check the depth of the cut.

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/46 , retrieved 1-24-2020: Saw with an iron blade and a handle made of antler. The blade has has teeth that are only slightly raised along the cutting edge. The blade has been inserted into a slot cut into one edge of the handle. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/49: Saws for cutting wood, bone, antler and ivory had thin metal blades attached to bone handles. Shallow notches in the saw blades were made by striking the edge with the thicker blade of a knife.

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT 1894, FIG. 252, P. 562." Identified in publication: "... model of a sled from Anderson River consisting of high solid runners and crossbars. The runners have a long bevel in front and a short one in the rear, and are sawed off at the ends. There are three crossbars, broad in the middle and chamfered at the ends for the lashing. Near the upper border of the runners holes are gouged through the wood as long as the end of the crosspiece is wide. A double lashing passes over the end and through these holes so as to give a double bearing or brace. This is a very common method of attachment among the ... [Inuit]. In the model the lashing is done with rawhide and sinew twine. This example reproduces with considerable faithfulness the construction of the aboriginal types. The shoeing on the bottom of the runners is fastened on with pegs of wood. Length, 12 inches."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/45 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Model of a qamutik sled made from wood. The bottom edges of the runners are cut aslant at the front and back. Three crosspieces are attached to the tops of the runners by sinew and hide lashings that loop over each end where they project beyond the runners, pass through a corresponding slot in the runner, and then loop over the crosspiece again just inside the runners. Grooves cut through the runners near each end would have been used for tying down cargo carried on the sled. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/72: The MacFarlane Collection contains small models of several types of sleds used by Inuvialuit for travelling on snow-covered ground. These models may have been commissioned since full-size sleds would have been difficult to ship the the Smithsonian Institution.

As of 2010, this object consists of small sinew cable-backed bow (which is broken.)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/44 , retrieved 2-6-2020: Model of a recurve bow with sinew backing. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/10: The MacFarlane Collection contains accurate models of bows and arrows. Both simple and recurve bows are included. Simple bows curve in an arc from one end to another when they are strung, and recurve bows are constructed so that the centre of the strung bow curves towards the archer then bends away at each end. The recurve bows and several of the simple bows have sinew backing. Models of traditional tools were commonly made by Inuvialuit for trade with Europeans.Listed on page 116 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "The Spindle".

FROM CARD: "2 PIECES... WALRUS IVORY TUBE, THROUGH WHICH ARE RUN STRIPS OF FOLDED RAWHIDE IN WHICH NEEDLES ARE KEPT. THE TUBES ARE SET WITH BLUE BEADS."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/43 , retrieved 12-30-2019: Needle case, strap and belt hook. The needle case is a hollow ivory tube with eight split beads embedded in shallow drilled holes and cemented in place. One end of a hide strap passes through the needle case and is attached to a cap that seals that end of the needle case when it is drawn tight. The cap has a split blue bead embedded in it. The strap that passes through the case is doubled back on itself and knotted to form a small loop at the midpoint, and the other end is attached to one end of an ivory implement of a type that has variously been identified as a belt hook or a holder for skin thimbles. This is a flattened piece of ivory with a slit along the centreline extending half its length at the end opposite from where it is attached to the strap. Converging on this slit are two other, shorter, slits cut at slight angles to the central slit that terminate at holes drilled through the piece, probably to prevent them from splitting. Two other holes drilled closer to the end are probably decorative. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/42: Sewing needles were kept in a tube-like case with a skin strap running through the centre. The needles were stuck into the strap, and then pulled into the case. Hooks for fastening the case to a belt, or holders for thimbles made from skin, were often attached to one end of the leather stra

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/42 , retrieved 2-10-2020: Fish lure with an antler shank and an iron hook. The shank has a pair of drilled holes at its narrow end for attaching to a fishing line, and what appears to be a bent nail used as a hook inserted through a hole drilled at the other end. The edges of the shank are serrated, a feature that helped in tying a piece of fish skin bait or a weight to the lure. Two split glass beads have been set into the edges near the hook, in imitation of a fish. The shank has been decorated on both faces with engraved lines. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/21: Fishing tackle was used for catching fish in rivers and streams during the open water season, and for jigging through holes chiseled through ice in winter and spring. Fishing tackle in the MacFarlane Collection includes fishing rods (iqaluksiun) with lines (ipiutaq) made from baleen, and bone and antler lures (niksik) with iron hooks. Less commonly, fishhooks were made from wood.