Including a large bone toggle carved in the shape of a whale, naturalistically rendered with drilled eye holes and flaring tail, deeply drilled underneath to allow the passage of a thick cord; another bone implement, possibly a handle, carved at one end to depict the head of a caribou, the lengthy back with cross-hatched panels, drilled at both ends; and a fragmentary bone carving of a caribou head, somewhat similar to the last with spurred decoration and pierced through the neck. length 9 - 3 1/2in
Including a large bone toggle carved in the shape of a whale, naturalistically rendered with drilled eye holes and flaring tail, deeply drilled underneath to allow the passage of a thick cord; another bone implement, possibly a handle, carved at one end to depict the head of a caribou, the lengthy back with cross-hatched panels, drilled at both ends; and a fragmentary bone carving of a caribou head, somewhat similar to the last with spurred decoration and pierced through the neck. length 9 - 3 1/2in
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