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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.
List in accession file has an entry for "2 doz. pieces ivory tusks claws & teeth sharpened & drilled", which may refer to some of the basket contents? List in accession file also includes "Ivory needles etc."