GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 963 



Diiirx BOW OF iiOKN. Sledge Island. E.W.Nelson. 45018. 



Drill bow. Sledge Island. E. W. Nelson (?). 45019. The decorations on this 

 interesting specimen are reprodnced in text figure. The work is characteristic, 

 the dancers only resembling the deeply engraved figures usually found on the 

 specimens from Kotzebue Sound. 



Dkill bow. Sledge Island. E. W. Nelson. 45020. This old specimen presents a 

 whaling fleet. Upon the reverse is a group of natives fishing through the ice, 

 near by being their residence, granary, and votive offerings stuck up upon the 

 entrance to the house. 



Dhill bow. Sledge Island. E. W. Nelson. 45025. Upper side slightly rounded, 

 while the bottom is divided in two sides or faces. All these are decorated -with 

 sharp, fine lines, characteristic of Cape Nome workmanship. The specimen is 

 very yellow and has an old appearance, chiefly because of the signs of long- 

 continued use. 



Kantag handlk. Sledge Island. E. W. Nelson. 45154. 



Drill bow. Ca])e Nome. E.W.Nelson. 45330. 



Drill bow. Cape Nome. E.W.Nelson. 45331. An old piece of ivory with char- 

 acteristic engravings. The type is recognized, if any special difference may be 

 said to exist between this and other localities, by the thin, though sharply 

 incised, lines and brown-black color applied to bring out the cavities. A great 

 deal of gesticulation is always represented in connection with the portrayal of 

 the human figiire. 



One of the two upper faces has upon it a herd of reindeer, the other face a seal 

 hunt, while the bottom has the drawings of buildings and storehouses for food. 



Drill BOAV. Cape Nome. E.W.Nelson. 45332. A triangular slightly curved bow, 

 17i inches in length. The spbcimerT is yellow from age and bears the delicate 

 hair-like incisions or engravings characteristic of the locality from which it 

 came. Gestures are frequently indicated, though the chief features of the bow 

 refer to reindeer and walrus hunting. At one end is a dance, the performers 

 being drawn in various attitudes. 



On the under side are the fine lines portraying two kaiaks ap]troaching one 

 another, the occupants holding aloft their paddles, while between them are two 

 seals. A little farther toward one side is an umiak with five occupants, whose 

 heads and faces resemble birds' heads with long sharp bills. 



Drill bow. Cape Nome. E. W. Nelson. 45333. 



Drill bow. Cape Nome. E. W. Nelson. 45345. Beais herds of reindeer, some 

 browsing, while others are in various attitudes upon the ground. The under 

 side bears a herd of reindeer approaching a himter. At the right end are two 

 bears, apparently a mother with its cub. 



Drill bow. Cajie Nome. E. W. Nelson. 45346. Some of these etchings embody 

 gesture signs, and are reproduced in connection with that subject. 



Drill bow. Port Clarence. W. H.Dall. 46056. Made of a rib, is almost 12 inches 

 across from tip to tij), antl retains a thong of leather for drilling pur])oses. 

 There are no decorations of any description. 



Drill bow. Fort Anderson. R. MacFarlane. A rounded bow 11^ inches long, 

 resembling the preceding in smoothness and absence of decoration. 



Drill bow. Golovin Bay. E. W. Nelson. 48080. A specimen yellow with age. 

 No decorations ajjpear with the exception of two parallel lines on both the upper 

 and lower surfaces. The handle has been much worn by long-continued use. 



Drill BOW. Cape Darby. E.W.Nelson. 48115. An old-looking yellow specimen, 

 iipon which is the whale being dragged from the water and cut up, shown in 

 plate 67, fig. 3. 



The opposite side has the ceremonial dance, and drummer from whose instru- 

 ment the sound is represented as going out over the group of dancers. Plate 

 72, fig. 2, 



Kantag handle. Cape Darby. E. W. Nelson. 48137. 



