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other figures are the dancers, in various attitudes, with hands and 

 fingers extended. Upon the roof of the entrance are two men in simi- 

 lar attitudes, wliile within the entrance is one figure of a man in the 

 attitude of falling forward upon the ground. The dance does not appear 

 to be, a shamanistic ceremony, as otlierwise the indication of a demon 

 would be observed. 



In front of the entrance is a group of figures in a threatening atti- 

 tude, especially one of the men, who appears to be drawing his bow with 

 the intention of shooting his vis-a-vis, who has a hand up ns if guard- 

 ing his face. There appears to have been a discussion respecting a 

 seal — lying upon the ground between the men — which resulted as 

 suggested. 



The next figure is shown in the attitude of spearing a seal in the 

 water, the spear bladder being shown at the upper end of the weapon. 

 The next man is dragging home a seal, while the next following is 

 engaged with a like animal, stooping down at the tail and for some 

 purpose not indicated. 



The large creature lying upon the base line, next to the right, is a 

 whale. One of the hunters has a hatchet and is cutting up the ani- 

 mal, whilo the two assistants are otlierwise engaged at either end. 

 Next toward the right, is another hunter in the act of dragging along 

 upon a sledge his kaiak. The last person to follow has upon his sledge 

 a seal w^hich has been captured. 



Apart from the ornamentation in the upper ridge, there are two seals 

 visible at the left. 



Upon the reverse side of the pii)estem shown in the lower figure in 

 plate 01, the regular ornamentation occurs likewise along the upper 

 face, only two compartments at the extreme right being reserved for 

 the figures of seals. 



Beginning at the right-hand end, and with the lower plane, a habi- 

 tation, similar to the one upon the opposite side, is portrayed, the only 

 difference being that there are two human figures drawn within the 

 entrance to the home instead of one. 



Another figure of a man is upon the outside, seemingly leaning 

 against the door, while behind him are two men in mortal combat, one 

 preparing to thrust his spear, while the other has a drawn bow with 

 arrow directed forward toward his victim. Some plants are shown 

 upon the ground, which may have been the cause of the quarrei which 

 seems to be indicated. 



Doctor A. Warburg, of Florence, Italy, kindly sent me sketches 

 taken from a pipe similar to the preceding, which he founa in the col- 

 lection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York 

 City. An interesting pipe from St. Michaels is in the collection of the 

 Georgetown College, Washington, District of Columbia. The story 

 told by the etchings is the same as in plate 02, and it appears as if a 

 certain person, or persons, were the author of all of these examples, the 



