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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



National Museum. It is a child's toy, resembling what American boys 

 would call a "buzz" toy, and which would by them be made of the 

 round tin top of a shoeblacking box. 



The specimen herewith reproduced in fig. 1 is of pine wood, rather 



y. 



rig. 1. 



WOODEN "BUZZ " TOY. POINT HAKItDW 



oblong in shape, and through the two perfoiations in the middle arc 

 passed the ends of a sinew cord. The specitnen is about 3.5 inches in 

 length. One end has a border of black on both faces, while the other 

 has a similar border of red. The middle square, 1 inch across, is 



WOODEN MASK AND DANCING (K)RGET. 



also in red, and from the corners are lines extending out to the respec- 

 tive corners of the tablet. The compartments thus formed are orna- 

 mented with figures of various objects. On the left end face of the 

 illustration d is a goose; the next at the top is a man with one hand 



