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deerborn gauge from Sbaktolik (figure 5, plate LXXII) is similar in 

 form to the preceding; it lias a circular hole through the middle, sur 

 rounded by an incised circle; the handle is pierced with four holes, 

 three of equal size and one larger. Figure 9, plate LXXII, shows a hand 

 somely made ivory gauge from Cape Vancouver, with a handle wrapped 

 by spruce roots, and figure G, plate LXXII, illustrates a small gauge from 

 Kushunuk, made of deerhorn, with a handle enlarged toward the butt. 

 The deerhorn gauge from Nunivak island shown in figure 11, plate 

 LXXII, is grooved along the upper edge and has a handle terminating 

 in a hook curved downward. 



The specimen from Xubviukhchugaluk (figure 1, plate LXXII) is a 

 small gauge entirely different in form from the others. It is of deer- 

 horn, with a handle oval in cross section, from which it projects at a 

 right angle a little over two inches. 



SHUTTLES AND NEEDLES 



The shuttles used in making nets also vary considerably in size and 

 form, according to locality and to the purpose for which the nets are to 

 be used. 



.Figure 14, plate LXXIII, illustrates a small wooden shuttle from 

 Sledge island, used for making fine-mesh nets. The long, slender, ivory 

 shuttle, shown in figure 20, plate LXIII, is also from Sledge island. 



The long, slender shuttle from Cape Xorne, shown in figure 25, plate 

 LXXIII, has the central portion of wood and the two ends made of bone, 

 with a wedge-shape notch on the inner side, into which the tapering- 

 ends of the wooden portion are fitted and held in position by means of 

 a series of cross rivets. 



The shuttle from the lower Yukon (figure 28, plate LXXIII) is made of 

 deerhorn and has conventional figures and patterns etched on one 

 surface. Another deerhorn shuttle from Cape Xome (figure 18, plate 

 LXXIII) has four reindeer etched on one side. The specimen from Kot- 

 zebue sound (figure 27, plate LXXIII) is a long, plain, deerhoru shuttle. 



The deerhoru shuttle from Nunivak island (figure 19, plate LXXIII) 

 has the end openings deeper than usual and the borders along the sides 

 are raised above the jjlaue of the flat, central portion. One of the arms 

 is made from a separate piece and is attached by means of sinew cords 

 passed through three holes in the main part of the shuttle. 



The specimen from Cape Nome shown in figure 21, plate LXXIII, is a 

 long wooden shuttle. At the bottom of the notch in each end it is 

 crossed by a sinew lashing, to prevent it from splitting, the lashing 

 passing through two holes on each side of the edge. A dee]) groove 

 runs along the sides between the notches in the ends. The long 

 wooden shuttle from Sledge island represented in figure 23, plate 

 LXXIII, has a deep groove along the sides between the notches. 



Figure 20, plate LXXIII, shows a large, heavy, wooden shuttle, such 

 as is used in making nets for catching white whales or large seals. It 



