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ill tlie form of zigzags. A few Eussian letters are incised upon the 

 sides, indicating the natives' knowledge of, or acquaintance with, char- 

 acters of that language. 



In plate 34, fig. 2, is represented a box of almost the same form and 

 from the same locality, the bottom being represented in the illustra- 

 tion and upon it a variety of ornamentation very much in imitation of 

 the patterns before mentioned and found on many of the specimens. 

 Upon closer investigation, however, it will be observed that the mar- 

 ginal lines bear between them small arrowheads or < -shaped figures, 

 while in the remaining spaces the ornamentation consists of parallel 

 lines, the intervening spaces being ornamented by short diagonal lines. 

 The two lozenges in the middle bear upon the center a cross, evidently 

 suggested by Russian ecclesiastical pictures or literature. 



Plate 37, fig. 1, is a plain white ivory bow drill from Point Hope. 

 The ornamentation is visible in the illustration and consists simply of 

 the wavy exterior produced by filing a series of indentations along the 

 edge of the triangular bow. 



Plate 37, fig. 5, also from Point Barrow, shows two parallel lines 

 extending from almost one end to the other, between which are diag- 

 onal lines at short intervals. The bottom edge of the bow is indented 

 at intervals of a little over an inch, leaving projections upon which 

 small triangular figures extend from the bottom, presenting an orna- 

 mental effect. The coloring matter apparently consists of red ocher. 



Plate 38, figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, represent bag handles from Norton Sound, 

 St. Michaels, the Yucon River, and Point Hope, respectively. 



In plate 39, fig. 1, the ornamentation upon the upper side consists of a 

 median horizontal line or crease terminating at one end with three per- 

 forations, which number occurs also at the other end of the rod. At 

 right angles to this median line, at either end, are eight nucleated rings. 

 At the center of the specimen are a like number, in the middle of which 

 grouj) is inserted a large blue glass bead. Upon the upper side, instead 

 of a median line, the surface is filled with a continuous row of nucleated 

 circles. Upon examination, however, it is observed thf^t the circles 

 consist of two or three different sizes, showing that instruments of 

 that number of sizes were used. The rings indicate, furthermore, that 

 the tool was of hard metal, but no doubt fashioned by the artist, a 

 narrow piece of steel having a crotch filed into the end so as to leave 

 two sharp points. 



Plate 39, fig. 3, represents a very neat bag handle or bow drill nearly 

 18 inches in length. The top is fluted longitudinally by means of three 

 deep creases, while in the outer sides are a series of cavities or scal- 

 lops, also ornamented along the margin by incisions. This specimen is 

 interesting because of the great number of nucleated circles scattered 

 along the under side. Each of these circles seems to have been made 

 with the same instrument, which was apparently a carpenter's bit, 

 one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 



