Handle

Possibly a drag handle. Drag handles were used for hauling heavy weights, especially seals, over snow and ice. The form of handle varies with its use. May also be a drill handle (see Fitzhugh p.169).

hunting

Bowhead whale shaped handle or toggle with a rectangular hole transversely through centre; oval incised flippers at bottom corner of hole, just before inlaid eyes and beginning of mouth incision which follows long tapering snout. Narrows before tail flukes at back.