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Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Bone and ivory buttons made for white people, decorated with dots and circles6 oval buttons with one bird shaped toggle/button, all decorated with dots in circle designs. In addition there are two slightly larger oval buttons, the dot designs arranged in fields, which are also labeled with this number. One of these has 'Eskimo N.E Asia' written on the rear in pencil.
Bone or ivory buttons made for white people. Decorated with dots and circles
Toggle in the form of a small whale.
Fish carved from moose ivory. Made by Eskimos for a line. They are bobbed up and down in a hole in the ice to attract fish, which are then speared
Small, male doll carved from ivory
Two walrus heads carved in ivory
House post carved in the form of an upstanding bear with outstretched paws and an open toothy mouth .; Good
The totem pole is described as having four deeply carved emblems, at the base a demi-owl, above it is a raven, next a beaver and lastly a frog (head downwards). Good
The catalogue card states A totem post bearing on the face, four deeply carved emblems picked out in red green and black paints. At the base a human figure with uplifted hands, above it a fish (?whale) head downwards, a human mask and a frog. In a letter from Glaisher to von Hugel he notes the figures are the woman, a whale, a chief, and a frog (CUMAA Archive 1, Letters Box 1907). The pole is very roughly and crudely carved.; Good
An arrow straightener of walrus ivory with diamond- shaped perforation and square-sided end. The top is finely carved into the head of a doe, the eyes and back being set with green glass beads.; Good