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Late Palaeo-Eskimo Culture Artifacts.
A. Bone lance with stone tip and side blade slot but stone side blade not shown.
B. Typical bone harpoons. The specimen to the far right was too small to have functioned as a harpoon and likely performed some symbolic function.
C. Polished bone object whose purpose is unknown.
D. Bone bird dart.
E. Walrus rib with embedded stone projectile point tip.
F. Microblade knives.
G. Art in bone. On the left are two stylized faces, to the far right a polar bear, and at the bottom a tiny seal.
H. Ground slate projectile points.
I. Ground stone burins or graving tools.
J. Typical projectile points.
K. Stone side blade.
L. Rim fragment of a soapstone vessel.
M. Two scraper varieties.
N. Toy or symbolic bone ladle.
O. Eyed bone needle.
Courtesy: Canadian Museum of Civilization, National Museums of Canada (S87-1307)