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Needlecase. Made of the bone of the wing of a swan. The center is ornamented 

 with transverse lines forming a right angle; the ends with diagonal lines. Both 

 ends are plugged with wooden stoppers, one representing the head of a fish and 

 the other the tail, giving the whole the appearance of a long fish. Length, 6 

 inches; diameter, inch. Eskimo of Askinuk, Alaska. 36764. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Drill bow. Made of walrus ivory, ornamented with three parallel lines. At the sides, 

 at intervals of about 1 inch, it has nine clefts, joined by curved lines. At the 

 bottom it has ornaments of rings and dots. Length, 18 inches; width, 1 inch. 

 Eskimo of Point Barrow, Alaska. 89423. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Bag handle. Made of ivory, slightly convex, and ornamented with carvings. Those 

 on the back represent houses, trees, and animals; those of the sides a scene from 

 the whale fishery. Length, 12i inches; $ inch square. Chilcat Indians, Alaska. 

 67904. Collected by J. J. McLean. 



Pail handle. Made of ivory. The shape is semicircular. It has nine seal heads 

 carved in relief on the outer face. The edges have carved ornaments. Three 

 trees are carved on the inner face. Length, 9 inches; width, 1J inches. Eskimo 

 of the Lower Yukon, Alaska. 136375. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Pail handle. Made of ivory, slightly curved in the center. It has a bear carved on 

 either end. Length, 8| inches; width, If inches. Eskimo of Diomede Island, 

 Alaska. 63884. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Box handle. Made of ivory, slightly convex, and ornamented with etchings represent 

 ing apparently skins of animals. The sides are incrusted with blue beads. 

 Length, 15| inches; width, 1 inch. Eskimo of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. 48529. 

 Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Pail handle. Made of ivory. It has two fishes carved on the center. At each end 

 of the handle are three fishes, two curved in relief, and one forming a pendant. 

 Length, 10^ inch; diameter, f inches. Eskimo of Sledge Island, Alaska. 

 44690. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Box handle. Made of ivory, ornamented with various carved drawings. Beginning 

 at the left, a hunter is seen in the act of firing at the game; then come ten reindeer; 

 and lastly, on the right is represented a whale with its captor. Length, 15 

 inches ; width, 1 inch. Eskimo of Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. 48831. Collected 

 by E. W.Nelson. 



Pail handle. Made of ivory. It has six sections of a design carved on it, giving it 

 the appearance of seven fish tails joined in a single line. Length, Gjt inches; 

 width, 1 inches. Eskimo of Cape Darby, Alaska. 48137. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Accessories of an aboriginal game. Made of short sticks of spruce, and engraved 

 with toteniic devices. Any number of persons may take part in this game. 

 The dealer sits on the ground, having before him a pile of frayed cedar bark, in 

 which the sticks are shuffled, and with great solemnity draws out the pieces 

 one by one without looking at them, and passes them to each of the players 

 seated in front of him. Each stick has a different value, and the highest, or the 

 lowest, or the defined, or the specified number gains the stake. T lingit Indians, 

 Sitka, Alaska. 6556. Collected by Dr. J. J. Minor, U. S. A. 



Small sticks for a game Made of wood, 29 in number, placed in a deerskin bag. Most 

 of the sticks have a diustinctive mark. Length, 5 inches; width, finch. 

 T liiigit Indians (Koluschan stcok), Sitka, Alaska. 9939. Collected by Captain 

 Henriques. 



Explanation of the game. Each player, in his turn, selects a number of sticks 

 from the bag, and places them under a pile or piles of frayed bark. His adver 

 sary must guess whether the number of hidden sticks is even or odd, or whether 

 they are in one or the other pile. If the player guesses right, or not, he wins, or 



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