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tanik has a rounded tip and scalloped handle, as shown In the accom 

 panying figure 20. 



WOODEN DISHES. TRAYS, AND BUCKETS 



The Tinnr of the lower Yukon, adjoining the territory occupied by f / 

 the Eskimo, are expert in woodworking. They fashion from spruce 

 large numbers of wooden dishes, buckets, trays, and ladles, which they 

 ornament with red and black paint, and the maker usually places his 

 totem mark on each utensil. They make trips down the river for the 

 purpose of selling their products to the Eskimo, and travel as far as St 

 Michael on the seacoast. In addition to this trade with the Eskimo, 

 the articles manufactured by these people are distributed over a much 

 greater extent of territory by means of intertribal trading among the 

 Eskimo themselves. 



Besides the ware of this kind obtained from the Tiune, the Eskimo 

 make similar articles themselves, which are as a rule equally well made. 

 Examples of this class of work are shown in the ladles, dippers, and 

 spoons already described and illustrated. The simplest form of tray 

 or dish made by the Eskimo is that cut from a single piece of wood, 

 and this variety of utensil is found over a wide area. 



Plate xxxi, 1, represents a rude bowl-shape wooden dish from Icy 

 cape, slightly flattened below to enable it to stand safely. 



Figure 2 of the same plate, from St Lawrence island, is a slightly 

 pear-shape, dipper-like dish, with a flattened bottom and a short, pro 

 jecting handle on one side. This is rather rudely made, as are all the 

 articles obtained on this island. 



Figure 9, from the same island, is a tray-like dish with a long, 

 obovate outline above, and slightly flattened below, with the handle 

 projecting upright from one end. It is rudely made and is without 

 ornamentation. 



Figure 6, from the lower Yukon, is a handsomely made, tray-like dish, 

 cut from a single piece and bordered around the edge, outside and in, 

 with a band of red paint, inside of which are two parallel narrow black 

 lines connected by similar straight crosslines. 



Figure 5, from Chalitmut, is a deep tray, oval in outline and having 

 the head of an animal at one end, which serves as a handle. At the 

 other end is a short, quadrate projection representing the animal s 

 tail. It is bordered around by a band of red, succeeded by an uucol 

 ored area and a red line in a groove around the outside. The bottom, 

 both within and without, is uncolored. 



Figure 4, from Big lake, is a smoothly finished, deep, tray-like dish. 

 The rim is bordered with red and the inside is painted black. At one 

 end projects a carving representing the head and neck of a human being. 

 The lace is turned upward and a short string of beads hangs from each 

 ear. Two white beads are inlaid to represent labrets, and a blue bead, 

 hangs from the pierced septum. A circular piece of wood was cut from 

 the rear of the head, through which the latter was excavated, and the 



