Dog sled

This game was intended for young boys to teach them the rudiments, goals, and roles of handling a sled-dog team. In this set of pieces, the sled is represented by a caribou's lower jaw, while the seal bones are miniature dogs (qimminnguat). The last piece is a little whip.

The male dogs are represented by the larger seal-shoulder bones, and the female dogs by the smaller seal-hip bones. Here we have two males and two females. The largest bone represents the lead dog at the front. A miniature harness, made from a strip of bearded-seal skin, is strapped to each dog and was originally attached to the sled.

A boy would first watch his father steer a sled and then train himself to replicate the same actions with the toy. Some adults said it was the only toy they had during their childhood.

Nowadays, this kind of game is still made and used, but less often than before.