As of 2010, this object consists of small self bow.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/263 , retrieved 2-6-2020: Model of a simple bow, with no 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.

FROM CARDS: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1894; FIG. 20; P. 289. SNOW GOGGLES--WOOD, ROUGHLY SHAPED TO FIT OVER THE EYES AND BRIDGE OF NOSE WITH SINGLE NARROW APENTURE FOR VISION; PAINTED BLACK ON THE INSIDE AND RED OUTSIDE; SECURED BY A BROAD STRAP OF DRESSED SEAL SKIN WHICH PASSES AROUND THE HEAD."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/262 , retrieved 12-17-2019: Snow goggles with a wood eye shade and hide straps. The eye shade is a curved piece of wood with a single horizontal slot for admitting light. The inside of the eye shade has been stained black, possibly using charcoal, and the outside is stained with red ochre. A hide strap made from seal skin is attached on either side using sinew. The straps are joined at the back, also with sinew. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/52: Snow goggles protect the eyes from bright sunlight reflected from snow and ice which can burn the retinas and result in snow blindness. Similar to squinting, the narrow horizontal slits in the snow goggles allow only a small amount of sunlight to reach the eyes but still allow the person wearing them to see.

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/261 , retrieved 1-28-2020: A toolkit used for making arrows. It consists of a cutting board made from wood with two skin pouches and a small knife attached to it with sinew thongs. The knife has an iron blade and a wood handle. The handle of the knife is wrapped with a hide thong, securing the blade and providing a grip for holding the knife. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/5: Toolkits, consisting of a small cutting board and knife for splitting and trimming feathers and small pouches containing red ochre and wax or spruce gum that the ochre was mixed with, were used for making and repairing arrows. Hunting implements often were stained with red ochre in the belief that it gave them added power.

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/260 , retrieved 1-13-2020: Fish lure with a shank made from antler and an iron hook. The shank has a pair of drilled holes at its narrow end for attaching to a fishing line. 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, and split glass beads have been set into shallow holes drilled into the face and edges. This may have been one of a set of three lures. 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: "GOGGLE AND EYE SHADE OF SKIN OF RINGED SEAL'S HEAD [sic, actually wolverine, not ringed seal] ILLUS. IN USNM AR? 1894; FIG. 29; P. 298. ILLUS.: HNDB. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, PG. 357, FIG. 11. EYESHADE. STRIP OF SEALSKIN [sic, actually wolverine, not sealskin] WITH SLITS CUT FOR THE EYES, & BLUE & RED BEADS STRUNG THRU THE NOSE HOLE, SECURED AROUND THE HEAD WITH TIES AT THE BACK. INVENTORIED 1977."This object had been catalogued as made from the skin of a ringed seal's head, however, per Darrin P. Lunde, Collection Manager, NMNH Division of Mammals, this is actually wolverine, not ringed seal.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/259 , retrieved 2-10-2020. General information on snow goggles is here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/52: Snow goggles protect the eyes from bright sunlight reflected from snow and ice which can burn the retinas and result in snow blindness. Similar to squinting, the narrow horizontal slits in the snow goggles allow only a small amount of sunlight to reach the eyes but still allow the person wearing them to see.

FROM CARD: "IVORY STICKS, FORTY-SEVEN IN NUMBER; PIERCED WITH HOLES AT ONE END. TWENTY-FIVE ARE PLAIN AND TWENTY-TWO HAVE THEIR PENDANT ENDS BIFURCATED LIKE THE TAIL OF A FISH. ANDERSON RIVER. LENGTH OF STICKS, 2 1/4 TO 3 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/258 , retrieved 12-30-2019: An assemblage of forty-seven ivory pendants from a bracelet. Each of the pendants has a small hole drilled at one end for attaching to a hoop or thong, or perhaps for sewing to the cuff of a glove. Some of the pendants are carved at the opposite end to resemble the tail of a fish. The other pendants have plain ends. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/13: Bracelets made from copper, brass or iron wire were commonly worn by women in the Western Arctic, and sometimes several were worn on the same wrist. Bone, antler and ivory pendants sewn around the cuffs of gloves also formed a type of bracelet.

Records in the SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say this was transferred [to whom?] in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1867 but apparently either this is incorrect or it was later returned to the Museum.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/257 , retrieved 12-10-2019: A pair of mittens made of polar bear hide. Around the wrist of each is a cuff made of a folded over strip of caribou skin. One of the mittens has been repaired with a small sewn patch. 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.

FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS: ROLLS AND "SWITCHES" OF DARK-COLORED HAIR USED IN DRESSING HAIR OF ESKIMO CHILDREN. ESKIMO NEAR FORT ANDERSON."There is a combined catalogue card for #s 7731 and 7732. The description "Head Covering (Capuchin)" applies to # 7731 only. 7732 is the "HEAD-DRESS: ROLLS AND "SWITCHES" OF DARK-COLORED HAIR..."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/256 , retrieved 2-10-2020: Hairpiece made by gathering long sections of [dark-colored] hair and binding them at the ends and in the middle using sinew and red wool. The Smithsonian Institution's catalogue indicates that this hairpiece may have been for a child. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/29: Inuvialuit women are known to have worn coils of their husbands' hair attached to their own hair. These coils of hair are said to have been one of their most valuable possessions.

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/255 , retrieved 1-27-2020: Lance holder for the deck of a kayak, made from whale bone. It consists of a centre piece shaped to fit against the inverted 'V' shape of the deck of a kayak, with smaller pieces attached at each end with two iron rivets. The faces of the centre and end pieces are cut aslant where they join so that the end pieces extend inwards and upwards at a shallow angle. A piece of babiche connects the inner part of the end pieces to the centre piece by passing through holes drilled in each piece, and then wrapping around itself. A hole drilled through the joints at each end would have been used for mounting the holder to the kayak. One face of the centre piece has incised lines running from each mounting hole almost to the midpoint. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/33: Holders and rests were lashed to the decks of kayaks forward of the cockpit to keep lances and harpoons secure but ready when needed. Lance holders, such as the one illustrated here, were attached close to the bow. The tip of a lance or harpoon would be inserted into one of the triangular openings, and the opposite end of the shaft would sit against a rest that was fastened to the kayak deck close to the cockpit.

FROM CARD: "OF SOAPSTONE, CRESCENTIC IN SHAPE, BOTTOM NEARLY FLAT, SIDES VERTICAL. THE RESERVOIR IS SHALLOW AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PORTIONS BY A CANAL CUT ACROSS THE MIDDLE, AND THE WALL OF THE RESERVOIR IS CONTINUED AROUND THE ENDS, FORMING A NARROW CANAL AT THE END OF THE BRIDGE. THE WICK EDGE IS SLIGHTLY CURVED, AS IS THE RULE IN ALL ESKIMO LAMPS. THIS SMALL LAMP, WHICH IS CALLED A "WINTER TRAVELING LAMP," WAS USEFUL ONLY FOR GIVING A TEMPORARY LIGHT, AND WAS CARRIED IN THE INTEREST OF THE SMOKERS. LENGTH, 5 INCHES, WIDTH, 2 1/8 INCHES; HEIGHT AT FRONT, 1/2 INCH; AT BACK, 3/4 INCH. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896; PL. 10, FIG. 1; P. 1048."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/254 , retrieved 12-30-2019: Small lamp carved from soapstone. It is crescent shaped in outline, and there is a raised wick ledge with a central division in the bowl of the lamp. On the sides are two incised lines that encircle the lamp. The Smithsonian Institution's catalogue card identifies this as a travelling lamp, includes a comment that this lamp was 'useful only for temporary light, and was carried in the interest of the smokers.' More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/37: Lamps carved from soapstone were used for lighting and heating dwellings. Oil placed in the shallow basin was soaked up by a moss wick and set alight. Lamps used in sod houses ranged up to a metre in length. Smaller lamps around 20 cm in length were commonly used to illuminate and warm up snow houses when travelling in winter.