100 



THE POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



circular dishes (i libii;). This is very smoothly carved from a single, piece 

 of pine wood. The brim is rounded, with a large rounded gap in one 

 side, where a piece has probably been broken out. The, brim is slightly 

 cracked and chipped. The vessel is very greasy and shows marks in 

 side where meat has been cut up in it. No. 89SG7 [1323] is a very simi 

 lar dish, and made 

 of the same mate 

 rial, but elliptical 

 instead of circular, 

 and larger, being 



. . ., 



22-0 inches long, I;r5 



It has been split in two, and mended with whale 

 bone stitches in the manner previously described. 



No. 73575 [223] (Fig. 34) is a typical oblong dish. It is neatly hol 

 lowed out, having a broad margin painted with red ocher. It measures 

 24 inches in length, is made of pine, rather roughly carved on the out 

 side, and is new and cleau. This is a common form of dish. Fig. 35, No. 



broad, and 2-1 deep. 



Flu. U5. Oblouy incut dish; very old. 



898G8 [1377], is an old tray of an unusual form. It is rudely hewn 

 out of a straight piece of plank, 34-8 inches long, showing inside and out 

 the marks of a dull adz, called by the seller &quot; kau dlo tu mai,&quot; &quot; the foot 

 prints of the, stone (scil. adz).&quot; The excavation is shallow and leaves a 

 margin of 2 inches at one end, and the outside is roughly beveled oft 

 at the sides and ends. The holes near the ends were evidently for 

 handles of thong. The material is spruce, discolored and somewhat 

 greasy. Fig. 36, No. 898CC 

 [1370], was said by the native 

 who brought it over for sale to 

 be especially intended for fish- 

 It is much the shape of No. 

 73575 [223], but broader, 

 slightly deeper, and more 

 curved. The brim is narrow and rounded and the bottom smoothly 

 rounded off 1 . It measures 23-3 inches in length, and is made of pine. 

 It has been deeply split in two places and stitched together with whale- 



FlG. ^6. Fiyh dish. 



