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THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



Spoons and ladles. Each family has several spoons of various sizes, 

 and narrow shallow ladles of horn, bone, etc. The large spoon is for 

 stirring and ladling soup, etc. There is only one specimen in the col 

 lection, No. 89739 J1352] (Fig. 42). This is a new one, made by a native 

 of UtkiavwTfi, whom I asked to make himself a new spoon and bring 



me his old one. lie, how 

 ever, misunderstood me and 

 brought over the new one, 

 which Lieut. Kay pur 

 chased, not knowing that 

 I had especially asked for 

 the old one. These spoons 

 seem to be in such constant 

 use that the natives did not 



- Woo&amp;lt;le11 SI&amp;gt;( offer them for sale. This 



specimen is smoothly carved from a single piece of pine, and painted all 

 over, except the inside of the bowl, with red ocher. A cross of red ocher 

 is marked in the middle of the bowl, and there is a shallow groove, colored 

 with blacklead, along the middle of the handle on top. The length is 13-2 

 inches. A small spoon of light-colored horn, No. 89410 [1379], has a bowl 

 of the common spoon shape with a short, flat handle. Spoons of this sort 

 were not seen in use, and as this is new and evidently made for sale it 



FIG. 43. Ilorn ladle. 



may be meant for a copy of one of our spoons. The narrow ladles of horn 

 or bone may formerly have been used for eating before it was so easy to 

 get tin pots, but at present are chiefly used for dipping oil, especially for 

 lilling the lamp. The collection contains one of horn and four of bone. 

 No. 89415 [1070], Fig. 43, is made of a single piece, of mountain-sheep 

 horn, dark brown from age and use, softened and molded into shape. 



FIG. 44. Bono ladle. 



It is impregnated with oil, showing that it has been long in use. This 

 utensil closely resembles a great number of specimens in the Museum 

 from the more southern parts of Alaska. No. 89411 [1294] (Fig. 44) is 



