864 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Two illustrations of natives cutting up reindeer are shown in figs. 72 

 and 73. Both are very cleverly drawn, the limbs of reindeer being 

 very naturally indicated, as assumed in dead animals. 



A very clever sketch of a native fishing through a hole in 



"xT the ice is shown in fig. 74. The hole is indicated by a small 



j^ — ^ circle while the ice itself is not shown — that being trans- 



', parent. One fish has already been caught, as shown above. 



I .^ The absence of lines to denote ice is similarly evident in the 



Fig. 74. Kolguev illustration on i)late 10. 



cATCHiNo j^ geai caught through the ice is shown in fig. 75, the hole 

 being shown back of the hunter by the single form of a loop, 

 as in the illustration referring to seal spearing, fig. 76, where the hole 

 is again indicated by a circle on the ice line. 



This scene is taken from the Chuckche chart, 

 though the drawing is evidently of Eskimo type. 

 The small loop above the nose of the seal is 

 simply an indication that there is a hole in the 

 ice, made by the seal for breathing. 



A like specimeii of Alaskan work is shown in fig. Fig. 75. 



77, where only the surface of the ice is shown, and ^'atching seal through the 



the figure ofaninial is absent — beneath the surface. 



The artistic execution of the several objects portrayed in fig. 78 is 



rather crude. The two summer habitations or tents at the 



\ left have' between them a long ])ole from which are sus 



^\ pended cords for the reception of fish for curing. The 



#~A person engaged in hanging up this article of food is drawn 



i/ fp in a crouched or seated manner, not because he or she 



% was so seated, but because the figure was made too large 



Fig. 76. £qj, ^l^g gpace within which to repiesent it in an upright 



SPEARING SEAL. . . ^. . , 



position. Figures m a seated pos- 

 ture are always placed in contact with the sur- 

 face upon which they are presumed to be so 

 located, either upon the ground, in a canoe, or 

 on a projecting shelf inside of the dwelling. 

 The circumstance of a sick person being brought rig. 77. 



before a shaman for treatment is quite differ- spearing seal. 



ent, as in such instances the human figure is 



drawn as if lying down and may not be in contact with the ground. 

 The tree-like figure at the right of the tent is smoke arising from 



the fire. The two roofed buildings are 

 built in imitation of the habitations of 

 white traders, one of them having a door 

 at the side, and a covered portico, or 

 platform, at the side. 

 The scene on the flat piece of bone shown in fig. 70 represents sev- 

 eral subjects. In the upper half, at the right, is a summer shelter, 

 within which are two figures. One is seated upon the floor, while the 



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