EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXVI. 



Fig. 1 (a and b). Scraper. Handle or grip of wood, with deep pocket grooves for 

 the digits. The thumb is almost hidden in its cavity. On top there are 

 three grooves for the fore, the middle, and the ring finger, respectively, 

 and a very deep pocket into which the ends of all three are concealed. 

 The little finger fits into a deep pocket on the right side and there is not 

 the slightest shadow of undercut, the lower surface resembling exactly 

 that of a carpenter's plane. The blade, of drab flint, is neatly inserted 

 into the front and packed with canvas. A blue bead inserted on top in 

 front of the finger pocket is the only ornament. 



Cat. No. 03848, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Poiut Hope, Alaska. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson 



