GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 895 



iudic.iting tliis extent of ac<iiiaintancc with the reeortliiig' of subjective 

 ideas. The third ])ersou in the boat is using the paddle, wiiile the one 

 at the stem has a weapon of some kind with which he is attempting to 

 keep off an aggressive walrus which is following them. 



To the riglit of this is another umiak paddling toward the right in 

 the direction of the three walruses represented. Above the middle 

 of this is a small cross which denotes a bird. The next figure rej^re- 

 sents an umiak in whicli are four people close to the body of a whale 

 which has been harpooned. The elongated curved figure resting upon 

 two short vertical lines represents a boat on shore and on a scaffold 

 drying. At a distance of about 14 inches from this is shown a whale 

 in the act of diving, as is intimated by the fact of the greater portion 

 of the body being directed upward while the head is down in the water, 

 as shown by the spray which emanates from the blowhole in contact 

 with the surface. The oblong cross above this represents a bird. The 

 adjoining characters to the right can not be definitely determined. 

 The figures at the end, however, represent two winter habitations with 

 the accompanying granaries and the presence of human figures. 



Turning the bow around and following the remaining faces from the 

 left hand, we find first a winter habitation with smoke rising from the 

 center, in front of which is a tent witli a vertical pole projecting upward 

 atthe right. A native is seen dragging home a seal, while to the right 

 are more human figures apparently embarking in umiaks, three of these 

 vessels being under way. Beyond the bow of the right-hand boat and 

 upon the base line are two figures whicli represent seals, while of the 

 two in the air the one at the left represents a fox or wolf and that at 

 the right a bird. The remaining half of the space upon this bow is 

 filled with a procession of natives dragging home seals, eight of these 

 animals being shown. The vertical sticks used by these natives are 

 seal spears, which they employ to aid locomotion. 



Plate 24, fig. 3, represents a drill bow from Nubuiakhchugaluk, 

 collected by Mr. E. W. ISTelson. 



The specimen measures 12yV inches in length, and is rudely decorated 

 both above and beneath. The figure at the extreme left is partly 

 obliterated. The next represents a native in his kaiak in the act of 

 throwing a harpoon toward a walrus, which he is closely pursuing, and 

 beyond which are four other animals of the same species. The next 

 figure represents an umiak with three occupants, the one nearest the 

 bow being represented as in the act of throwing a harpoon. Two large 

 crude figures of walruses are between this boat and another umiak, in 

 which are three persons, the one at the stern being shown with the 

 rudder, the one in the middle having both arms extended and upward 

 as if in surprise, and the one at the bow being in the act of throwing a 

 harpoon toward a whale. Above this are five birds, indicated by crude 

 crosses. To the right of the whale is a native with bow and arrow, 

 preparing to shoot toward a reindeer. The triangular figure to the 



