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across its outer border. This utensil is used for skimming oil or for 

 taking the scum from boiling meat. 



Plate xxx, 15, represents a small, rudely fashioned wooden spoon 

 from St Lawrence island, somewhat similar in outline to the scoop last 

 described. 



Plate xxx, 18, from Sledge island, is a spoon with a deep bowl and 

 a short, neatly turned handle. 



Plate xxx, 11, from Kulwoguwigumut, is a short-handle spoon 

 having a narrow black line extending around the inner border of the 

 bowl, in the center of which are the figures of three reindeer and a 

 large pair of antlers in black. 



Plate xxx, 14, from Kushunuk, is a short-handle spoon with a 

 square, shovel-shape edge. 



Plate xxx, 13, is similar to the last in shape, but has on the inside 

 of its bowl the figure of a reindeer in black. 



Plate xxx, 12, from Kaialigamut, is a scoop-shape spoon, with a con 

 ventional representation of a wolf like animal on the bowl, which is 

 also ornamented with bordering lines of black, and is dotted over with 

 round, red spots. 



Plate xxx, 7, from Point Hope, is a small ivory spoon, with a hole in 

 the handle, to which is attached a piece of rawhide cord. 



Fig. 20 Marrow spoon (J). 



Plate xxx, 4, from Anogogmat, is a fiat spoon, made from reindeer 

 horn, having its smooth upper surface ornamented with three concentric 

 circles and a black dot, and two parallel incised lines which extend 

 around the surface just inside the border. 



Plate xxx, 3, from Kushuunk, is a long, narrow spoon of deerhoru, 

 with a hole in the end of the handle for attaching a cord. 



Plate xxx, 5, from Kushunuk, is a deerhorn spoon, oval on the inner 

 side and straight on the outer side, with a short handle projecting spur- 

 like on one side. 



Plate xxx, 8, from Kushunuk, is a spoon with a shovel- shape bowl 

 and a projecting arm-like handle at one corner. 



Plate xxx, C, from Kushunuk, is a long-bowl, scoop-shape spoon 

 without any distinct handle. 



A rudely made spoon of walrus ivory, from St Lawrence island, is 

 represented in plate xxx, 2. It has a hole at one end of the handle for 

 attaching a cord. Spoons similar in shape were obtained also on the 

 Diomede islands. 



Plate xxx, 1, from Pastolik, is a spoon for extracting the marrow from 

 bones. The handle is scalloped to receive the fingers; two parallel 

 lines are etched along the borders of the scallops, which terminate below 

 with the raven totem mark. A deerhorn marrow spoon from Kigik- 



