This is an antler pressure flaking tool or marline spike that has been polished smooth on all surfaces. The distal end comes to a rounded dull point and the proximal end is cut off square with a large round hole drilled through. The piece is slightly convex. Pressure flaking tools are used to manufacture flaked stone tools.

This is an armor plate piece made of bone.  It has a pair of holes drilled at each end and in the center. The lateral edges are straight and slightly ground and polished so they're smooth with a long deep groove on both sides. Bone or ivory plates like this were sewn together with sinew or seal hide to form suits of body armor used in warfare.

Image from: Nelson, Edward W.

1983 [1899]  The Eskimo About Bering Strait.  Reprinted. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. Originally published 1899, U.S. Bureau of Ethnology Eighteenth Annual Report, 1896-97, Part 1, Washington, D.C.

This is a barbed prong or leister point for a fish spear. It is made of antler and there are 5 barbs, tapering in size toward the distal end. There is a faint shallow groove running parallel to the three barbs closest to the mid-shaft on one surface of the piece. The proximal end is pointed. The prong is slightly bowed and triangular in cross-section.

This is a unilaterally barbed arrowhead made from antler.  It has three barbs, a conical tang with opposing spurs, and a pyramid shaped point at the distal end.

This is an ivory awl with a thick triangular shaped handle at the proximal end and a thin, sharp point at the distal end. Two slits extend from the proximal end to the middle of the object and there are two decorative incised lines on the convex surface. The piece is triangular shaped in cross-section. Awls were used to pierce holes when making objects from leather.

This is a piece of ivory that has been fashioned into a thin sharp point at one end, possibly an awl. Awls were used to pierce holes when making objects from leather.

This is a small bone tool, possibly an awl, with a wide rounded proximal end, a small hooked notch mid-shaft and a thin sharp point at the distal end.

This is a bone arrowhead with a single lateral barb, a conical tang, and a blade slot in the distal end.

This is an antler comb with 14 square teeth (4 broken) at one end. The handle end opposite the teeth is U-shaped. Overall the piece is thin and flat and concave on one surface.

Image from: Nelson, Edward W.

1983 [1899]  The Eskimo About Bering Strait.  Reprinted. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. Originally published 1899, U.S. Bureau of Ethnology Eighteenth Annual Report, 1896-97, Part 1, Washington, D.C.

This is a fish lure preform made from antler.  It has a wide rounded distal end and a fine tipped proximal end. The piece is slightly bowed and is oval in cross-section.

This is a net sinker fashioned from sea mammal bone.  It has a small circular hole drilled through each end. Net sinkers were used to hold down the bottom of fishing nets.

Image from: Nelson, Edward W.

1983 [1899]  The Eskimo About Bering Strait.  Reprinted. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. Originally published 1899, U.S. Bureau of Ethnology Eighteenth Annual Report, 1896-97, Part 1, Washington, D.C.

This is a rod made of antler.  It a rounded cap at the proximal end and is squared off at the distal end.  There is a small rectangular hole near the distal end. This is a possible swivel part or pin.

This is a photograph of two antler harpoon heads. The harpoon head on the left has a blade slot in the distal end and a line hole drilled perpendicular to the socket.  It is decorated with incised line decoration with a circle-line-dot pattern along the lateral edges on both surfaces and one in the center. There is a shallow groove running from the line hole toward the distal end on both surfaces. The harpoon on the right has wide a blade slot in the distal end, a line hole drilled perpendicular to the socket and a single tang. The harpoon head is decorated with incised lines of varying depths and detail. There is a shallow groove running proximally from the line hole on both surfaces.

Illustration from: Spencer, Robert F.

1984North Alaska Coast Eskimo. In Arctic, edited by David Damas, pp. 320-337. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 5, William C. Sturtevant, general editor, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

This is a brow band fragment made from bone. The piece is slightly bowed and has incised line engravings on one surface in the form of four lines, two along each edge, with a series of line and triangles.

This is a fragment of worked bone, possibly an ice scoop or strainer used in fishing. It is a plank of bone, possibly from a rib, with eight holes drilled through the surface. One end has a rounded finish and the opposite end is broken, but shows evidence of more holes.

This is a side-blade knife handle made of antler. It has a thin slit for a thin, probably metal blade. The piece tapers slightly at the distal end and is cut at a right angle at the proximal end. The knife handle has a half-circle shape in cross-section.

This is an ivory seal scratcher that is triangular shaped with 5 broken teeth at the wide distal end. The proximal, handle end is also broken. One surface has been carved flat and smooth with a slight concave shape near the distal end.

This is a pendant fashioned from a polar bear canine with two deep grooves that extend around the circumference.  A single groove located at the proximal end extends around half the tooth. The proximal end has been carved flat on one side.

This ovate-shaped ulu blade is made from slate. Semi-regular flaking is present along the backed edge, grinding and polishing present on the cutting edge. Irregular small chips along the cutting edge of the artifact are indicative of use.

This is an antler pressure flaking tool or marline spike that has been polished smooth on all surfaces. The distal end comes to a rounded dull point and the proximal end is cut off square with a large round hole drilled through. The piece is slightly convex. Pressure flaking tools are used to manufacture flaked stone tools.

This is a lance fore-shaft made of antler. The distal end is carved in a scoop form on one side and the proximal end has a short stem with a line hole. There are two holes drilled into (but not through) one surface just below the scooped end.