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that tlieir apices meet iu the center of the opening. A long string is 

 attached to one loop and is serially passed through all the others, by- 

 means of which ttie bag may be opened and closed at will by drawing 



the loops apart or by drawing the string. 

 This bag would be found to differ little, 

 except in material, throughout the conti- 

 nent. Some would make it of skin, while 

 others would weave it from suitable 

 fibers, and others again would ijrobably 

 fashion it from birch bark. 



Fig. 32 is a wooden pipe, 11 inches 

 long, the bowl of which is made in the 

 hourglass form, similar in outline to cer- 

 tain tubes found in the Middle Atlantic 

 States. The bowl has been cut with a 

 dull tool, but upon the stem are a number 

 of crossed lines, intended to add to its 

 ornamental appearance. Fig. 33 is made 

 of hard wood, the bowl of which is carved in a series of octagons, cham- 

 fers, and holes, which give to this specimen quite an ornamental effect. 

 The tube is 12^ inches long, the bowl being seven-eighths of an inch in 

 its greatest exterior diameter, and has a cavity 2 inches deep. Figs. 34 



Fig. 31. 



ROOT-PLAITED TOBACCO BAG. 



Hupa Keservation. 



, National Museum. Collected by Lieut. 



Fig. 32. 

 WOOD AND STONE PIPE. 



Hupa Reservation. 



U. S. National Museum. Collected by Lieut. P. H. Ray. 



to 37, inclusive, show the most modern form of the Hupa pipe, which 

 is made from different kinds of wood and serpentine. These pipes 

 are most carefully polished, and are evidently made with modern tools. 

 The remarkable feature of these pipes is shown in the serpentine bowl. 



Fig. 33. 

 WOOD AND STONE PIPE. 



Hupa JReservation. 



U. S. National Museum. Collected by Lieut. P. H. R.iy. 



Fig. 35 is set in a tapering wood socket, held in i)lace by some kind of 

 glue, the whole surface being subsequently ground and polished. Fig. 

 37 shows the pipe in its original skin case, with its strap for suspen- 

 sion. The American Indian pipes have always been most carefully 



