274 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT [ETH.AXN.IS 



A curious box from Chalitmut (figure 15, plate LXXXVI) is oval in 

 shape and is cut from a single piece of wood. The oval cover is set 

 in one side and has a rawhide handle. On the sides, carved in strong- 

 relief, are two grotesque, seal-like animals facing each other. The 

 bodies are painted red and the intervening area black. The entire 

 surface of the box is marked with crescent- shape incisions and studded 

 with white beads of different sizes. 



A box from the lower Yukon (figure 12, plate LXXXVI) represents a 

 large seal upon its back with the head and the tail upraised and a smaller 

 seal lying upon it, this latter forming the cover. This is a well-made 

 carving in strong relief, with numerous small ivory pegs and white 

 beads set about the surface. Around the neck of each seal is fastened 

 a flattened piece of bird quill. The seals are represented with open 

 mouths and beads form the eyes. 



The small square box from Nunivak island (figure 3, plate LXXXVI) 

 is made of ivory, with the top and bottom of separate pieces fastened 

 by pegs. Across the top three strips of brass are inlaid, and the small 

 wooden lid has a loop of rawhide for a handle. The sides of the box 

 are etched with two parallel lines connecting a series of circles and 

 dots. 



A square wooden box from Kulukhtulogumut (figure 2, plate LXXXVI) 

 has the bottom neatly fitted and a small, square lid near one end with 

 a loop of sinew for a handle; around the sides and the top, passing over 

 the middle in both directions, narrow strips of ivory are inlaid. The 

 bottom of the box, the sides of the top, and the end farthest from the 

 lid are painted red; the remainder is black. 



A round-cornered box from King island (figure 1, plate LXXXVI) has 

 square pieces of lead and bone inlaid around the sides and the top. In 

 the top are two circular pieces of white bone, and white beads are 

 inserted over the surface, except on the bottom. The lid is a thin 

 piece of wood which slides in a groove and has a projecting thumb- 

 piece at one end. A box very similar to this was obtained on Nuni- 

 vak island ; its surface is inlaid with strips and squares of brass and 

 numerous white beads. 



Another box from Nunivak island (figure 4, plate LXXXVI) is of wood 

 heavily inlaid with cross-bands of brass. The lid, which is inlaid in 

 the same manner, consists of a small, square, wooden cap fitted into 

 the beveled edges of a small hole in the center of the top. 



An oval box from Kushunuk (figure 5, plate LXXXVI) is made of 

 birch-bark which is bent and the overlapping ends cut and interlaced. 

 The top and the bottom are fitted with wooden stoppers, the upper one 

 having a strip of beaver skin for a handle. Another box from Kushu 

 nuk (figure 7, plate LXXXVI) is of wood, oval in outline. The bottom 

 and the cover are pointed oval in form, and the latter has a projecting 

 thumb-piece at one end. It is painted black and pieces of white crock 

 ery are inlaid in regular series over the surface. 



