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Leather purse, in tanned leather with green leather decoration, and tooled geometric design on the front flap. Long leather strap (to be worn around the neck).

Grave goods. Inuit. Found with 6078-6117, 'belonged to chief of Button Islands'. Shape: flat & rectangular & curved & perforated length of bone, 7 separate perforations and 2 smaller ones as pair at one end.

Iron blade (broken) with serrated bone handle (for grip), serration may be from whipping now gone, handle construction: two-piece rivetted (5). Grave goods, Inuit (found with 6078-6117), 'belonged to chief of Button Islands'.

Curved blade (tusk ivory) with two parallel incised lines along outer curve on each side, pointed butt fits into V on handle, made in wood with hook at end. Handle sewn to blade by thongs in twisted sinew at three points, through perforations in…

Harpoon point with perforations for attachment to harpoon head.

The Inuit of Arctic America used their limited resources of raw materials to the full for food, clothing, equipment and toys. They relied primarily on seals and caribou, supplementing these with whales, walrus, bear, birds and driftwood and grasses.…

Grave goods. Inuit. Found with ABDUA: 6078 - 6117. 'belonged to chief of Button Islands'. Components:flat iron point, rivetted to bone or ivory foreshaft. Towards the other end of the foreshaft there are 2 large perforations and a separate ivory…

Knife, spatulate, found by Captain Bartlett of Peary's expedition in 1906 on site of English camp, North Grant Land. Belonged to crew of 'Discovery' during Arctic expedition 1875. Two paper labels - one on knife blade, one on knife handle. Label on…

Stone axe. Inscription: Old label: 42+1M

Stone axe. Inscription: Old label: 1