From card: "Walrus hide."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/203 , retrieved 1-23-2020: The Smithsonian Institution catalogue card identifies this as a line made from walrus hide. Walrus were rare in the Anderson River area, and it is more likely to have been made from the hide of a bearded seal. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/40: Lines made from various types of animal skins were used on harpoons, for tying things together, and for a variety of other purposes. Lines up to several metres in length were made cutting a narrow strip in one continuous piece from a single hide. The skins were first scraped to remove the underlying flesh, and the hair was also removed.

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/202 , retrieved 1-28-2020: This item is identified in the Smithsonian Institution's records as a fishing float, but more likely it was used with a sealing harpoon. It is made from a bladder, and has an inflation nozzle made from bone or antler attached to an opening at one end with a wrapping of sinew. Inserted into an opening in the nozzle is a stopper made from wood with a rounded head and a shaft that tapers towards one end. This float appears to have been stuffed with grass, perhaps to help hold its shape.

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/201 , retrieved 2-6-2020: A pair of mittens made of wolverine hide. 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.

Records in the SI Archives of the Office of Distribution say this was transferred [to whom?] 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/200 , retrieved 12-10-2019: Small robe made out of a single caribou hide with filler pieces added at the neck. This is described in the Smithsonian Institution's catalogue as a 'boy's robe'. There are hide ties near the shoulders and the bottom of the robe. One side of the garment has a thin strip of red wool cloth stitched down the centre from neck to hem and along all the outside edges. On this side and down the centre red line are eight evenly spaced sets of decorative tags. The tags are made up of two strips of hide, each strung with 3 or 4 coloured beads and with red wool tassels at the ends. Most of the beads are cylindrical shaped. On each side of the centre red line are 3 sets of tags, spaced midway between the centre line and the outside edge.

FROM CARD: "COPPER WIRE, BENT IN CIRCLE. FORT ANDERSON, MACKENZIE RIVER."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/199 , retrieved 12-30-2019: Two bracelets made from copper. Although Inuvialuit obtained naturally-occuring copper through trade with Copper Inuit, these bracelets most likely were made from copper wire obtained from the Hudson's Bay Company. 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.

As of 2010, this object consists of small sinew cable-backed 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/198 , 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.

FROM CARD: "DEER SKIN."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/197 , retrieved 1-17-2020.Ankle-height caribou? hide footwear, called socks in catalogue; fur on outside.

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/196 , 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 three bands of red ochre. 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.

There are currently two sled models with this number. It is possible that sled # 2 of 2 might be incorrect #; possible alternate number might be E1639?SLED # 1 OF 2 ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1894; FIG. 253; P. 563. Identified there: "... model of a sled from Anderson River, northern Canada. The runners are wide, separate planks, curved up in front and beveled in the rear. Five crosspieces are attached to the top of the runners by means of sinew cord passing over the ends of the slats and through very rudely executed mortises near the edge of the runners. The winding of the thread passes over the slats outside and inside of the runner so as to form an excellent yielding brace. Mortising is very uncommon among aboriginal peoples, and therefore the needs of the fur traders are to be suspected. The front crosspiece is fastened on through two sets of holes instead of mortises. Between the slats on top of each runner six posts are mortised and fastened down with treenails, and a similar post is mortised through the upper surface of the hind slat. Along the top of these posts, at the sides and at the rear, are tight rails which extend out and are fastened to the upturned ends of the runners. The rails are sewed to the posts by means of babiche. Length, 14 inches."Sled # 1 of 2: 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/195 , retrieved 1-31-2020: Model of a 'railed' or 'basket' sled (qamutivialuk), made from wood. The runners are relatively short, and have long upturned ends. Each of the runners has four slots near the deck edge for attaching crosspieces, only one of which remains in place. The crosspiece is a flat piece of wood that is tapered at each end. It is attached by a sinew lashing that loops over each end where they project beyond the runners, passes through a slot in the runner, and then loops over the crosspiece again just inside the runner. Rails are fastened to the upturned tips of the runners and to uprights set into mortise joints cut into the tops of the runners. A broken upright that remains attached to the back rail likely had been set into a mortise cut into a crosspiece, now missing. A line made of hide for towing the sled had been attached to the front of each runner.Sled # 2 of 2: 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/312 , retrieved 1-31-2020: Model of a 'railed' or 'basket' sled (qamutivialuk), made from wood. The runners have long upturned ends, one of which is a separate piece attached to the runner. Four crosspieces are attached to the tops of the runners by sinew 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. Three uprights are set into mortise joints along the tops of each runner, and side rails are connected to these uprights and to the tops of the upturned ends of the runners.More information on sled models 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.

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/194 , retrieved 1-3-2020: According to the Smithsonian Institution's catalogue information, this bundle of cotton twine was part of a collection that also included a number of fish hooks. The twine most likely had been obtained by Inuvialuit through trade at Fort Anderson.