922 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



pictures will be brouglit into proper position. Beginning at tbe left, 

 are two elongated figures, eacli upon stilts, wbicli represent tbe scaf- 

 folds upon wbicb tbese boats are placed for drying. Tbree winter babi- 

 tations are next in order, about wbicb are a number of liuman beings 

 in various attitudes. Smoke issues from tbe top of tbe bouse, and tbe 

 vertical rods projecting from tbe first and second indicate votive offer- 

 ings. To tbe rigbt of tbe tbird bouse are tbree buman beings standing 

 about an umiak, wbicb is drawn foresbortened, and a line extending to 

 tbe rigbt to an oblong figure, wbicb is a seal wbicb tbey bave captured. 

 Tbere are outlines of five natives witb arms extended, one witb a spear, 

 but tbe import of tbese cbaractcrs is not intelligible. Tbe next figure, 

 bowever, is sbown in tbe act of dragging a seal, wbile beyond it is 

 anotber seal, toward wbicb a native is throwing bis spear. Beyond 

 tbe latter is sbown tbe body of anotber seal, toward wbicb a bunter is 

 crawling on all fours, and in an opposite direction from bim is bis com- 

 panion engaged in like pursuit of anotber seal, sbown to tbe rigbt. As 

 tbe bow is sbown in tbe illustration, witb tbe figure of a sbaman at tbe 

 rigbt, it will be observed tbat along tbe upper face are a number of 

 illustrations wbicb represent various avocations. At tbe extreme rigbt 

 is tbe body of a reindeer lying upon tbe ground, tbe borns at tbe rigbt 

 projecting upward, and upon tbe body of the animal, as well as bebind 

 it, are birds feeding upon it. Following tbis toward tbe rigbt are four 

 otber animals of like species, witb tbe outlines of a fifth, wbicb can not 

 be clearly determined. Following tbe base line for some distance, we 

 come to anotber deer in tbe act of browsing. A little beyond tbe 

 middle, toward tbe rigbt, are tbree natives, tbe first going toward tbe 

 rigbt witb bis barpoon directed forward, tbe second witb a line extend- 

 ing to tbe rigbt to some object upon tbe ground, wbicb tbe tbird appears 

 to be stabbing witb bis spear, tbe weapon being uplifted. Tbis may 

 represent tbe kiUing of a seal. Anotber native is seen approaching 

 this group of three, beyond which is the outline of a large mammal, 

 evidently intended to represent a deer. 



By again turning the bow upside down, so that the upper line becomes 

 the base line, another record presents itself. Tbe grouj) of figures at 

 the extreme left denotes two natives occupied in boiling something, as 

 their hands are attached to short lines extending into the kettles, which 

 arc placed against tbe fire from which the smoke is rising. It is very 

 likely that tbey are cooking the meat of the reindeer, as the bide of 

 tbe animal is suspended from the horizontal drying pole or scaffold at 

 the right, beneath which anotber native is occupied in hanging up the 

 meat. The large, irregularly drawn body to tke rigbt of this scaffold 

 appears to denote a habitation. Two buman beings are engaged 

 between this and a triangular body which may denote a summer habi- 

 tation, tbe latter being usually made of bark, canvas, or boards. To 

 tbe right of the triangular building is a human being, beside him being 

 another scaffold or drying pole from which is suspended the hide of a 



