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The YuKAGHiR (Basin of Kolyma River), Cases 10, 11; 



The TuNGUS (Coast of Sea of Okhotsk), Cases 12-15 ; 



The Yakut (Basin of the Lena River), Cases 15-18. 



One section of the Chukchee and Koryak inhabits maritime 

 villages and subsists by hunting sea-mammals, while another 

 section of the tribes dwells in the interior and lives upon the 

 produce of reindeer-breeding. The customs of these two di- 

 visions of the tribes are very much alike. 



The clothing worn by the Chukchee is illustrated in Case i, 

 beside the entrance. The skins of reindeer and of seals are used 

 for both winter and summer garments. Household xhe Chuk- 

 utensils, such as stone lamps, kettles and spoons, and chee. 



implements for various industries, such as skin-dressing and work 

 in bone and wood are shown in Case 2. Snowshoes and snow- 

 staffs indicate the mode of travel. 



Harness and other articles (Cases 2 and 3) show the use of 

 dogs and reindeer as draught-animals. On the west side of Case 

 3 are objects used in hunting the whale and other sea-mammals. 

 Case 4 contains bows and arrows and suits of armor. The armor 

 evidently was made in imitation of that of the Japanese. Amu- 

 lets and sacred fire-drills are used in the ceremonials of the 

 Chukchee. The adjoining "A" cases contain pictographic repre- 

 sentations (many of which are used in prayers), wooden and 

 ivory carvings, ornaments and pipes. 



Models of various types of sledges of the Koryak and Chuk- 

 chee are exhibited in Case 5. 



The clothing of the Koryak (Case 6) is much more elaborately 

 decorated than that of the Chukchee. The decoration is partly 

 in embroidery, partly in skin mosaics. Their picto- xhe 



graphic representations and their carvings in bone, Koryak, 

 ivory and horn are shown in the adjoining "A" cases. 



The Koryak are the only tribe of eastern Siberia possessing a 

 well-developed iron industry. Tools and manufactured objects 

 of iron will be found in Case 7, in which there are also objects of 

 pottery quite similar in type to that of Alaska. Among the 

 Koryak industries, basketry deserves particular mention (Case 

 7). Their weapons and the style of their armor are quite similar 

 to those of the Chukchee (Case 8). In their festivals, many of 



