

EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXVII. 



Fig. 1. Scraper. Handle of spruce. Thumb groove fitted to both phalanges of 

 the thumb. Finger grooves slight. Undercut only two-thirds across 

 the bottom, giving the implement a rest along the entire left side. The 

 top is arched high up and there is a slight bell-shaped tailpiece. Blade 

 of black chert, secured with a leather washer into a grooved socket — that 

 is. half the depth of the mortise is cut out on the sides. This would fit a 

 blade of any width. 



Ci t. No. 63847, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Hope, Alaska Collected by Capt. P. 

 H. Ray, U. S. Army. 



Fig. 2. Scraper. Handle of hard wood. Thumb groove deep and long, over which 

 an ear-shaped projection is carved, as in Plate LXXIV, Fig. 3, from Point 

 Barrow. Finger groove rounded out to give the appearance of a skull 

 and terminating 1 inch behind the stone blade. Undercut not wide and 

 hook-shaped in base outline. The tailpiece is gouged out like the rim of 

 a beli. This form is quite an oddity and leads to the conclusion that each 

 implement was made to fit the hand of the workman. This being the 

 case they reveal as great a diversity in the size of Eskimo hands as exists 

 among the white race. 



Cat, No. 63849, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Hope. Alaska Collected by Capt. P. 

 H. Ray, U. S. Army. 



Fig. 3. Scraper. Of walrus ivory. A very graceful old handle, much discolored, 

 resting on the front or haft and the broad flattened tailpiece. Thumb 

 groove shallow, but exactly fitting and bounded above by the ear-shaped 

 ridge so prominent in Plate LXXIV, Fig. 3, from Point Barrow. Finger 

 grooves extending to the stone blade. Undercut consists of two distinct 

 parts, that for the last two fingers and a smaller one under the thumb, 

 a common characteristic, but serving only to remove useless material. 

 The tailpiece is long, broad, and gracefully curved into the grip. 



Cat. No 03855, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Hope, Alaska. Collected by Capt. P. 

 H. Ray. U. S. Army. 



