112 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



Masks 10 



Knives (including chipped flints, slate knives, ivory-carver's knives, &c.) and 



knife sharpeners 117 



Tools for working in ice and snow, mattocks, picks, &c 10 



Pipes 9 



Snow shoes pairs.. 3 



Snow goggles 4 



Needle cases, and sewing and netting needles 40 



Sled models 2 



Perforators and fire drills 45 



Mechanical tools (hammers, flint chlppers, scrapera, &c.) 29 



COLLECTIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES. 



Chukchis or Eskimo of Northeastern Siberia: Vega Expedition. 



Leather bag containing flint and tinder ; bag made of braided fiber; portion of a 

 qniver; skewer for stopping the flow of blood from a wounded animal; two 

 images — bear and seal — worn as pendants; these flat-bottomed carvings, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Franz Boas, are also used in playing a game. A number of them 

 are held in the hand and dropped oti a flat surface. Those that fall upright, 

 count. These two objects are carved in ivory. Hoe made of a scapula, lashed 

 to the flat end of a pine handle, with deer-skin babbiche. For this purpose six 

 perforations are made in the scapula, and three in the handle. 



Diomede Island : E. W. Nelson. 



Bird spear 1 



Norton Sound: E. W. Nelson. 



Boat paddles 2 



Bows 3 



Fish-gig, like Neptune's trident, central point short and not barbed, outer 



prongs elastic, barbs introrse and triangular 1 



Labret 1 



Seal spears 2 



Bristol Bay : C. L. McKay. 



Spear points 2 



Ivory flukes of boat-hooks 2 



Fish-hook 1 



Seal-bladder buoy 1 



Ivory powder charges 2 



Dolls 4 



Bone and ivory lab rets 10 



Wooden vessel 1 



Hooks used, in the house for suspending food, Ac 1 



Ivory leather-creaser 1 



Wooden finger- rings 2 



Bead ornaments 2 



Carved bodkins 3 



Thimbles 2 



Mittens pair.. 1 



Belt toggle 1 



Carvings 15 



Pouches for tackle and fishing implements 6 



Knife blades and sharpeners 12 



