858 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



The specimeu represented iu tlie upper figure in plate 62 measures 

 12 inches in length along the central line and If inches iu height at 

 the back of the bowl. The latter measures 2^ inches across the top 

 and is 1^ inches in height. The pipestem is made of a fine compact 

 piece of walrus ivory, which retains some of its lateral curvature as 

 well as that visible from the front view. The bowl is symmetrical and 

 was undoubtedly turned on a lathe. 



The characters portrayed along the middle base line, beginning 

 nearest the mouthpiece, represent, first, a seal, theii two water fowl. A 

 walrus then appears above the surface and is looking after the umiak, 

 which has passed in pursuit of a whale, and which creature has been 

 attacked by one of the hunters. The second hunter is holding aloft 

 his oar, a signal to indicate to others near by that assistance is wanted. 

 The other men in the umiak are using the paddle so as to keep pace 

 with the whale, which is shown spouting. 



The elevated scaftbld which is next portrayed was a notched piece 

 of timber set in place to serve as a ladder, and one person is shown 

 ascending, a bundle being attached to his back — probably food — as the 

 other person on the scaffold is occupied in preparing food of some kind, 

 which is then suspended from the horizontal poles, as shown in the 

 etching. The next illustration, to the right, represents a fisherman 

 hauling up his net to dry, while another man is occupied in splitting 

 wood, the wedges used for the purpose being shown in the log at the 

 end resting upon another piece of wood or a stone. 



The house, which comes next in order, has two rooms, upon the roof 

 of the smaller one being shown an individual carrying into the house 

 some pieces of wood, which have been split by the wood chopjter. The 

 horizontal line at the top of the large room has suspended from it small 

 round objects which denote some kind of food; and at the middle line, 

 the shelf, used as a bed or for seat, shows three persons; the first one, 

 with one leg hanging down, is pointing, or reaching, toward a dish 

 containing food, as the second has already placed some into his mouth. 

 The third person is lying down, with legs curved and his head resting 

 upon a pillow or bale of some material found convenient for the i)ur- 

 pose. The person seated upon the floor does not seem specially occu- 

 pied, and directly behind is a vertical line, upon which is a lamp, the 

 usual method of constructing these being that of placing two soapstoue 

 lamps upon a crosspiece, so as to balance, the center of the latter being- 

 secured to a vertical stick. 



The last illustration denotes a dome-shaped structure with a smoke 

 hole in the roof, one person being apparently busied with his pipe, 

 while the other has before him a kettle, in which he is stirring with a 

 stick or ladle. Between the two persons is the fire, from which the 

 smoke is seen to rise and to escape through the opening at the top. 



Within the small room of the house above mentioned is a short 

 vertical line, to which are attached some small globular figures. The 



