EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXXVII. 



Fig. 1. Scraper. Handle of wood 15 inches long. Grip a crutch handle mortised 

 to the end of the shaft perpendicularly to the edge of the blade. Blade a 

 long, narrow celt of schistose rock fitted to a shoulder of the shaft and 

 held in place by a neat seizing of spruce root. The crutch handle is con- 

 fined to Big Lake and the region around Bristol Bay. 



Cat. No. 38838, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Big Lake, Alaska. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 2. Scraper. Handle a natural curve of spruce wood. Blade a very wide celt 

 of schistose rock, fitted to a notch in the handle, and held in place 

 with a lashing of fine rawhide string. The unique feature of the speci- 

 men is the disproportion between the blade and the handle. 



Cat. No. 3SSJS. U. S. X. M. Eskimo of Big Lake, Alaska. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



