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Carving of a dog or fox standing facing forwards with its tail horizontal. Black inset eyes. Mouth is open but no teeth are carved.

Carving

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Carving of a sled with dog hitch. The sled (part a) is made of many individual pieces (each cross bar and each runner is a separate piece - lashed by sinew done in the way a real sled would be lashed). On top of the sled is lemming fur for a driver to sit on. Tucked under the lemming fur is a sep...

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Carving of a bull caribou with antlers. Black inset eyes, made of baleen(?). Antlers inset into small holes on the caribou's head (adhesive added at some point). One antler is broken at end; the other side has detached from glue.

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Carving of a polar bear standing with its head turned to the left. Black inset eyes. Nostrils present but no mouth. Tail weakly defined.

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Carving of a seal pup. Seal has black inset eyes. The front flippers are splayed outwards as if seal is supporting itself on the flippers. Each claw is detailed.

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Carving of two women standing on a rectangular base. One of the women is pegged to the base and is wearing a skirt and amauti (parka), with the hood on her head. The other women (part b) is similarly clothed but the hood is down and there is a baby wearing a bonnet in the pouch. The outlines of t...

Dish

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Oval dish with a bird at one end and an arctic hare at the other end. The bird is resting as if on water and has two inset black eyes. The hare is sitting with ears folded back and has two inset black eyes. One the base underneath the bird is written in ink "Nil-lil".

Boat Carving

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Carving of a European ship, complete with yard arms and eagle nest. There is also a lifeboat attached by sinew to either side and anchor is visible on starboard side. Portholes and doors may be inset baleen(?).

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Carving of the torso of a seal. Seal is in the act of pulling itself out of a hole in the ice. All we see are the seal's fore flippers and head. Eyes and nostrils have been created by drilling holes and the mouth has been incised. A series of short parallel lines are incised along one edge of the...

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Carving of a man in the act of hunting by crawling on the ice. Man is in the pose of lying stationary with his hood off his head. He should have a harpoon in this hand but it is missing. Face has been lightly carved and the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth have been highlighted using ink.