EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXXIV. 



Fig. 1. Fat-scraper. Made of the radius of the deer. The rounded front portion 

 is cut away so as to furnish a rest on the ridge of the incurved portion, 

 and two edges, one on either side. The hard lower edge of the imple- 

 ment is also ground to a chisel edge like that of a graining tool. Every 

 portion of the implement affording a hard, bony surface has been ground 

 to an edge. 



Cat. No. 38490, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Mission, Alaska. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 2. Fat-scraper. Of walrus ivory. Ingeniously carved so as to furnish a grip 



and a long opening for the thumb. One edge only is sharpened. The 



implement tits only the right hand and shows that the Eskimo scraped 



away from himself and not towards himself. 



Cat. N. >. 127508, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Togiak River, Alaska. Collected by I. Apple- 

 Kate. 



Fig. 3. Scraper. Made of the rib of a deer, with little or no modification of form. 



The Indians of California are said to use a rib in the same manner. 



Cat No. 38344, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Mission, Alaska. Collected by E. W, Nelson. 



