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Another box from Hotham inlet (figure 8, plate LXXXVII) is made 

 from a piece of reindeer antler, with a knob on the side, and a wooden 

 lid which is held in position by a cord fastened on one side and strung 

 through holes in the cover, as in the specimen shown in figure 5 of the 

 same plate. The surface of the box is covered with circles and dots, 

 and has etched around the middle a series of conical summer lodges. 



A long, cylindrical specimen from Sledge island (figure 9, plate 

 LXXXVII) has the surface carved in a series of scallops and ridges 

 extending around it. The bottom is fastened with four wooden pins. 

 The box is provided with a wooden lid. 



A box from Nunivak island (figure 3, plate LXXXTII) is of reindeer 

 antler, with a wooden top and bottom. In slight relief upon its sides 

 are represented the fore and hind nippers of a seal, with circle-and-dot 

 patterns elsewhere along the sides. 



Figure 12, plate LXXXYII, represents a box, from Kotzebue sound, 

 made from a piece of whalebone. The bottom is formed of a rounded 

 piece of the same material. On the surface are etched the arms and the 

 breast of a woman with a curious fish-like head; on the back a small, 

 square piece of iron is inlaid. A specimen from Norton sound (number 

 33199) has a zigzag border pattern on both ends and raven totem 

 marks extending toward the middle. 



A vase-shape wooden box from Kaialigamut (figure 14, plate 

 LXXXVII) is four inches in height and is very regular in outline. It has 

 a flaring rim and a wooden cover; the sides are set with small, round, 

 ivory pegs symmetrically arranged, and around the rim are inserted four 

 white beads. Another round wooden box (figure 11, plate LXXXVII) has 

 a beveled edge, like the chime of a barrel, and the bottom is neatly 

 inserted. In the center of the lid is set a piece of wood, convex in out 

 line, on which is carved in relief a grotesque face intended to represent 

 some mythological being. The eyes are formed by ivory pegs with large 

 heads, and the sides of the box are ornamented with similar pegs, as well 

 as with long, triangular pieces of ivory neatly inlaid near the upper edge, 

 with the smaller ends pointing downward. The box is painted black 

 around the sides, with a red border, and a black circle surrounds the 

 cover. The face on the cover has a red forehead, a broad black band 

 across the eyes, a red band across the mouth and cheeks, and a black 

 chin. From each corner of the mouth extends a stout rawhide cord 

 about four inches in length, which serves as a handle for raising the 

 cover. 



An oval wooden box, from the country south of the Yukon mouth, 

 has a groove incised around its border in two directions. The top and 

 the bottom are made of thin pieces of wood set into holes cut parallel 

 to the sides of the box. The surface is inlaid in symmetrical patterns 

 with small square, triangular, and round pieces of white crockery. 



A square wooden box f^rom Kushunuk (figure 13. plate LXXXVII) has 

 the corners beveled and scored with a deep, vertical groove; another 



