EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXXV. 



Fig. 1. Scraper. Handle of pine. quite old, slightly fitted to the hand. Blade of 

 slate lashed to the handle roughly by a leather thong passing through a 

 perforation. 



Cat. Xri. 12750SJ U. S. X. 31. Eskimo of Togiak River. Collected by I. Appiegate. 



Fig. 2. Scraper. Handle a curved piece of pine wood, pistol-shaped. Blade a 

 ground celt of black chert, edge wedge-shaped, lashed to the handle with 

 a splint of pine root. The blade is made to fit to the handle by a padding 

 of grass. If the unknown may be explained by the known, this speci- 

 men finds a function for many flat, wedge-shaped celts. 



Cat. No. 38252, U. S. N. 31. Eskimo of Lower Yukon. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



