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Button1927.1661

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.

Culture
Eskimo ?, Inuit ?, Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bone and ivory
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Button1927.1660

Bone or ivory buttons made for white people. Decorated with dots and circles

Culture
Eskimo ?, Inuit ?, Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bone ? or ivory ?
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Toggle1927.1659

Toggle in the form of a small whale.

Culture
Eskimo ?, Inuit ?, Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Figure1927.1658

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

Culture
Eskimo ?, Inuit ?, Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
ivory and moose ivory
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Doll1927.1657

Small, male doll carved from ivory

Culture
Eskimo ?, Inuit ?, Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
ivory
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Carving1927.1656 A-B

Two walrus heads carved in ivory

Culture
Eskimo ?, Inuit ?, Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
ivory
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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House Post1926.226

House post carved in the form of an upstanding bear with outstretched paws and an open toothy mouth .; Good

Culture
Wuikinuxv
Material
wood and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Totem PoleE 1907.450

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

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Totem PoleE 1907.328

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

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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ArrowE 1905.210

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

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
ivory and walrus
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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