GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 



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Fig. 20. 



KEINDEEE, KOTZEBUE SOUND. 



Fig. 21. 

 REINDEER, KOTZEBUE SOUND. 



Fig. 22. 

 REINDEER. 



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tlie etcbiug extends almost entirely, while in fig. 21 tlie body of a simi- 

 lar animal from the same locality has but a few cross lines. The horns 

 are very well represented within outline and 

 general curvature. 



An interesting jDair of animals is shown 

 ill tig. 21;, the foreshortening being admir- 

 ably drawn, while at the same time maintain- 

 ing the typical spe- 

 cific features which 

 are visible in all 

 other native drawings of the reindeer. 



Plate 26, fig. 1, represents a seal drag 

 from St. Michaels. Upon the upper portion 

 of the ivory utensil are neat outlines of 

 wolves, made with 

 considerable delica- 

 cy-. The ornamental lines npon which they 

 stand and those encircling the ends of the or- 

 nament are a sort of meander or crude zigzag, 

 of which a description is 



given elsewhere in connection with decoration. 

 Plate 14, fig. 1, represents a Iragment of bone 

 from Norton Sound, upon which is a rude etching 

 of a reindeer approaching a wolf, the latter in an 

 inverted position. At the right hand 

 is a perforation, about Avhich is a rude circle ornamented 

 with four radiating lines. Beneath this circle are two par- 

 allel curved lines with inner radiating lines, resulting in a 

 very crude meander pattern. 



The illustration of a wolf (fig. 23) shows the fangs in 

 the partly open mouth, the stiff ears, and long bushy tail. 

 The markings upon the body may be simply in imitation 

 of the etchings found upon most outline or solid figures, 

 though they greatly suggest the brindled fur of 

 Fig. 25. the Cants occidentaUs Dekay. 

 HUMAN FORM. Thc porcupiuc is quite common in some of the 

 southern portions of Alaska, and fig. 24 represents 

 one of these animals, the spines of which are used in decora- 

 tive work. 



The engraving seems to have been made with a very sharp 

 tool, as the outlines are groups of thin parallel hair lines. 



The selected character reproduced in fig. 25 is so unusual 

 in general form, as found upon ivory or other engravings of 

 the Eskimo, that its presentation here is of interest for purposes 

 of comparison with the pictographs of other peoples, especially the 

 petroglyphs of the western and southwestern, or Pacific Coast States, 



Fig. 23. 

 WOLF. 



Fig. 24. 



PORCUPINE. 



Fig. 26. 



TWO MEN 

 IN CLOSE 

 EMBRACE. 



