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Island. The ornamentation upon tliis is rude and deeply incised, con- 

 sisting of a base line of two ])arallel incisions, between which is the 

 rude meander or zigzag, to the top of whicli are incised at regular inter- 

 vals trident tignres rei)resenting the conventional tree symbol. Simi- 

 lar incisions and markings appear also upon ;i larger specimen from 

 the same locality, shown in fig. 7. 



Plate 32, fig. 5, shows a specimen without any indication to mark the 

 locality from which it was obtained, although fnmi its association with 

 the collections from Alaska it may be inferred that it was made by some 

 one of the native tribes, very likely the southern or southeastern 

 natives, who have intermarried with the Thlingit, or possibl^^the Thlin- 

 git themselves, although the carving very greatly resembles that copied 

 after the work of the Haida. In almost any position in which the 

 specimen may be held faces appear. Upon the lower side is tlie repre- 

 sentation of a face the expression of which is exactly like that in fig. .">, 

 while the front or rounded portion of the ornament shows a perfect 

 snake's head, though this was probably intended to represent a seal. 

 The ornament appears to have been used for attachment to tlie end of 

 a cord, probably in harness or on some weapon. 



Plate 13 represents three figures of bone seine shuttles or handles 

 from the Yukon Riv^er. The ornamentation upon tig. 1 is very simple. 

 It consists of diagonal lines between two horizontal ones, with the 

 exception of a small space about the upper third, where half a dozen 

 lines cross at the opposite angle. Upon fig. 2 the lines are closer 

 together, and in the lower figure very short lines are attached so 

 as to extend at right angles from their respective base lines. These 

 are of that primary type forming the base of the "fish weir" or "fish 

 trap" pattern, which in turn forms the base of the rude angular mean- 

 der and ultimately of the zigzag, to which reference is made elsewhere. 



In fig. 3 the ornamentation consists first of two horizontal parallel 

 lines extending along each outer border. Between each pair of lines 

 are short lines forming zigzags. The interior spaces are filled with 

 other patterns. At the upper end is an animal, apparently represent- 

 ing a wolf, with the life line upon the body, while at the lower extremity 

 is the outline of a beaver. At the two small triangles formed by the 

 cross lines at the middle of the specimen are two small trees, simply 

 decorative, and intended to fill the blank space. 



Plate 49, fig. 3, represents a very beautiful net shuttle obtained in 

 the Aleutian Islands by Mr. L. M. Turner. The only ornament of any 

 (consequence on this represents a figure of concentric rings, from which 

 radiate eight delicate lines. This is probably a highly (conventionalized 

 figure of the fiower symbol, though in the pictography of the Ojibwa and 

 some of the Shoshonian tribes it would denote the symbol of the sun. 



The superiority of the workmanship is apparent, and is character- 

 istic of that of the southern Alaska, or rather the Aleutian, natives. 



Plate 23, fig. 1, represents a reel for sinew for small nets, obtained 



