EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXX. 



Fig. 1. Fat-scraper. Dish-shaped. Made from a section of walrus tusk. This 

 form of scraper might easily be mistaken for a dish, but an examination 

 of the edge shows that on one side at least it has been scraped down 

 sharp. There are types of these scrapers— the dish-shaped, the hoop- 

 shaped, the horseshoe-shaped, the knife or spoon shaped, the scoop- 

 shaped,, and the ring-shaped, and each shape has a definite locality. 



Cat. No. 63355, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of St. Lawrence Island. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Fig. 2. Fat-scraper. Of walrus ivory. Shaped like an old-fashioned milk skim- 

 mer or a grocer's scoop. The form is quite graceful and the graceful 

 ridges on the upper margin afford a firm grip to the hand. This form is 

 in the Straits and Kotzebue. 



Cat. No. 03900. U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Diomede Islands. Collected by E. W. Kelson. 

 Fig. 3. Fat-scraper. Fine old specimen of discolored walrus ivory. Blade, ladle, 

 or skimmer shaped. Two prongs carved to imitate bears' heads form the 

 most convenient grip. 



Cat. No. 1:»7896, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Kotzebue Sound. Collected by Lieut. G. M. 

 Stoney, U. S. Navy. 



