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KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Fig. 45. 



CHISEL, WITH DECO 

 RATED HANDLE. 



like figure, black. The interior spaces between tlie black lines Just 

 nauie'l are filled in with dark or dirty vermilion. 



Beads of dark blue, black, and white constitute portions of the 

 decorations, while the projecting- lines denote the application of sea- 

 lion bristles, over several of which beads have been slipped. 

 The chief purpose of here representing the specimen is to show the 

 place of attaching the decorated bone ornaments illus- 

 trated on plate 52. The strips of bone are but one-eighth 

 of an inch in thickness, yet there are a number of per- 

 forations along the top curve and outer edge, in which 

 were inserted bristles secured by small wooden pegs. 



The ornamental slab of bone attached to the right 

 side of the hat is decorated witli oblique grooves, about 

 one-half an inch apart, between which are 

 rows of dots or complete perforations. 



Upon the left side of the hat the bone 

 slab was split from near the top to the bot- 

 tom, while the diagonal grooves were util- 

 ized to carry threads beneath the level 

 of the outer surface to hold together the 

 pieces from completely separating. 



Upon the upi^er part of the back of the 

 hat are two arrowheaded ornaments, each 

 1^ inches in length and projecting at right 

 angles from the wooden base, each being decorated with 

 nucleated rings, those on' the central rows of four each 

 measuring three-sixteenths inch in diameter, while the 

 outer rows of three rings each are but one-eighth of an 

 inch each. 



The two ends of the piece of which the hat is made are 

 held together by means of a piece of wood T)^ inches long 

 and less than an inch in width, placed horizontally at 

 the back and bearing perforations along the central line, 

 through which a sea lion's whisker has been passed in 

 imitation of stitching, thus securing the ends with a ])er- 

 fectness to almost resemble a continuous pi*^ce of wood. 



The decorations vary according to the owner's skill and 

 taste, and are used in canoe trips to protect the eyes from 

 the glare of light and to permit more intent gazing for 

 the marine animals sought. 



In plate 54 are three examples of Eskimo bone carv- 

 ing, the outer ones being charms and ornaments for attachment to the 

 hunting hats, "an illustration of which, together with the method of 

 attachment, is shown in plate 53. 



The specimen at the left of the plate, as viewed by the reader, was 

 collected by Mr. E. W. Nelson at Shaktolik. It is of bone, and is deco- 



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