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Awl. Made of walrus-tusk ivory. Ornamented with several bands of parallel lines 

 engraved around it. It has a ball carved on the end of the handle. Length, 

 9 inches; width, f inch. Eskimo of Paimut, Alaska. 38378. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Awl. Made of walrus-tusk ivory. The handle is ornamented with two sets of 

 engraved circles, between which there is a figure resembling an X. On the end 

 of the handle there are two balls, one above the other. Length, 6 inches; 

 diameter, f inch. Eskimo of Cape Vancouver, Alaska. 37751. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Awl. Made of walrus-tusk ivory. The handle is ornamented with engraved figures of 

 a shape resembling a diamond, and with many circles and crosses. The head of a 

 fish is carved on the end of the handle. Length, 7 inches; diameter, f inch. 

 Eskimo of St. Michaels Island, Alaska. 24451. Collected by Lucien M. Turner. 



Awl. Made of walrus-tusk ivory. Ornamented with lines engraved from the top to 

 the bottom, extending to within 3 inches of the point. Length, 9 inches ; width, 

 | inch. Eskimo of Norton Sound, Alaska. 33257, Collected by E , W. Nelson. 



Awl. Made of walrus-tusk ivory. The end of the handle represents a fish, near 

 which it has a set of parallel lines.engraved around it, and many short vertical 

 lines, and among them many signs or figures of the form of an X. Length, 8 

 inches; width, inch. Eskimo of Paimut, Alaska, 37988. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson . 



Awl. Made of walrus-tusk ivory. The handle is ornamented with four sets of 

 parallel lines engraved around it and diagonals over them and other short per 

 pendicular lines at the point. The end of the handle has the shape of the tail 

 of a fish. Length, 8 inches ; diameter, inch. Eskimo of St, Michaels Island, 

 Alaska. 24449. Collected by Lucien M. Turner. 



Awl. Made of walrus-tusk ivory. The handle is ornamented with a series of parallel 

 lines engraved around it. An ivory chain hangs from the end of the handle, A 

 part of the last link of the chain is carved in the form of the tail of a fish. 

 Length, 9 inches; diameter, f inch. Eskimo of Lower Kuskoquwiui, Alaska. 

 36631. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Awl. The point is of iron, the handle is of walrus-tusk ivory, carved in the form of 

 a fish. Tufts of hair are fixed in some holes bored in the back of the fish. 

 Length of the handle, 2| inches ; length of the blade, 3J inches. Eskimo of Cape 

 Vancouver, Alaska. 37304. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Awl. The i&amp;gt;oint is of iron. The handle is of walrus-tusk ivory, ornamented with 

 three sets of engraved borders. On the end of the handle are two ornaments, 

 placed one above the other; the first is of the shape of the spindle, and the sec 

 ond of that of a ball, ornamented with a great number of dots. Length of the 

 handle, 3| inches ; length of the blade, 3f inches. Eskimo of Chalitmut, Alaska. 

 37621. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Awl. The blade is of iron. The handle is of walrus-tusk ivory, ornamented with 

 engraved lines, borders, and dots. A chain curved out of ivory hangs from the 

 end of the handle of the awl. Length of the handle, 2 inches; length of the 

 point, 1| inches. Eskimo of Chalitmut, Alaska. 37752. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Awl. The point is of iron. The handle is of walrus-tusk ivory, carved to represent 

 a fish, ornamented with engraved borders, dots, and lines. Length of the handle, 

 3f inches; length of the point, 3^ inches. Eskimo of Nulokhtologomute, Alaska. 

 38385. Collected by E. W . Nelson . 



Stone hammer. The head is round; the handle a sapling, covered with hide. The 

 head has a hole bored in it, in which the handle is inserted. It is used for 

 pounding meat, breaking bones, driving tent pins, etc. Length, 13 to 15| inches. 

 Kiowa Indians (Kiownn stock), Kiowa Reservation, Indian Territory, 1891. 

 152996. Collected by James Mooney. 

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