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except that it is round and about half an inch in diameter. It has a 

 flattened projection on one side, which is pierced to receive the cord. 



Another example from Cape Nome (plate xxvii, C) is a narrow, oblong 

 piece of ivory, having the front strongly convex and the back slightly 

 concave, with a projection near the middle, through which passes a 

 broad opening for the cord. Another, from Chalitmut (plate xxvii, 

 25), is a roughly oval, plummet-like piece of ivory, with a stem-like 

 projection on one end which is pierced for the cord; the surface is 

 crossed by incised lines extending around each face and by a similar 

 line around its greatest diameter, between which and the stem are four 

 sets of circles and dots. 



The specimen from Anogogmut, illustrated in plate xxvn, 16, is a 

 neatly made carving of a seal an inch and three-eighths long, with a 

 projecting ear-like piece on its lower surface, through which a trian 

 gular hole admits a cord. Another, from Nuuivak island (plate xxvii, 

 15), is a double oval carving, with an angular projecting ear on the 

 lower surface for the attachment of the cord. On the front the double 

 oval surface meets at a narrow neck, each end having etched upon it a 

 grotesque countenance, probably representing the face of a seal. 



The fastener shown in plate xxvii, 12, from Sfugunugumut, is an 

 inch and a half long, made from walrus ivory in the shape of a white 

 whale, and is pierced through the side. Figure 3 shows a carving 

 from Agiukchugumut, two and a quarter inches in length, slightly 

 resembling in outline the incisor of a bear; on the truncated end is a 

 grotesque semihuman face, and etched upon the sides are lines, circles, 

 and dots, including the representation of fore and hind limbs. It 

 represents some being recognized in the mythology of the Eskimo. 



Plate xxvii, 7, represents a neatly made carving, an inch and three- 

 quarters long, in the form of a walrus, the flippers of the animal being 

 conventionally shown in relief. It is from the lower Kuskokwim. 



Plate xxvii, 11, shows a miniature carving, from Sledge island, repre 

 senting a white bear; it is an inch long and is pierced through the side 

 for the cord. 



Plate xxvii, 8, illustrates a fastener, from Nunivak island, represent 

 ing a walrus. It measures two and a half inches in length and is 

 pierced vertically for the cord. 



An unnumbered piece from Kushunuk is a small carving represent 

 ing on its front a grotesque figure of a woman; it is pierced on the 

 back for the passage of the cord. 



Plate xxvii, 10, represents a small carving, from Nunivak island, an 

 inch and three-eighths long, almond-shape in outline, flat on the lower 

 edge and concave on the upper; the latter surface has marked upon it 

 the figure of a fish, with a broad, deeply incised, crescent-shape 

 mouth; it is pierced vertically for the cord. 



Plate xxvn, 14, shows a fastener from Cape Nome; it measures an 

 inch and a half in length and represents the heads of two polar bears 



