EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXII. 



Fig. 1 (a, b, and c). Scraper. Long, large-sized handle of spruce. Thumb groove 

 for a large digit, dee]) and wide. Groove for forefinger, pocket for mid- 

 dle finger, undercut nearly across the bottom. Tailpiece rectangular, 

 thin, and nearly flat. Unlike most other implements of this class the 

 specimen has for a blade a thin scale of sandy shale. 



Cat. No. 89309, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Barrow, Alaska. Collected by Capt. 

 P. H. Ray, U. S. Army. 



