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braid with the ends knotted together and the, bight looped into the eye. 

 A large sky-blue glass bead is slipped on over both parts of the lanyard 

 and pushed up close to the loop. Fig. 103a (No. 89021 [757], from 

 Utkiavwln) is very short and broad (3-0 inches by 0-G), is chamfered at 

 both ends, and has the ornamental grooves at the eye. The material is 

 a hard, opaque, bluish gray stone, veined with black. 



A whetstone of similar material was brought by Lieut. Stoney from 

 Kotzebue Sound. The long lanyard is of sinew braid. Fig. U&amp;gt;3b (No. 

 89022 [951], also from Utkiavwln) is a very small, slender whetstone, 

 . 5-3 inches long, of dark olive green semitrauslucent jade, polished. The 

 tip is not chamfered, but tapers to a blunt point. It has the ornamental 

 grooves at the eye. These are undoubtedly the &quot;stones for making 

 . . . whetstones, or these ready-made&quot; referred to by Dr. Simpson 

 (Op. cit., p. 200) as brought by the Nunatanmiun from the people of 



FIG. 164. Wooden tool boxes. 



the &quot; Ko-wak River.&quot; A few such whetstones have been collected on 

 other parts of the northwest coast as far south as the northern shore 

 of Norton Sound. The broken whetstone mentioned above is of a 

 beautiful bluish green translucent jade. Bits of stone are also used for 

 whetstones, such as No. 89780 [1004/], which belong in IhVbw ga s tool 

 bag. They are two rough, oblong bits of hard dark gray slate, appar 

 ently split off a flat, weathered surface. 



Tool boxes and bags. We collected six specimens of a peculiarly 

 shaped long, narrow box, carved from a single block of wood, which we 

 were informed were formerly used for holding tools. They have gone 

 out of fashion at the present day, and there are but few of them left. 

 No. 89800 [1152], Fig. 104a, represents the typical shape of this box. 

 It is carved from a single block of pine. The cover is slightly hollowed 

 on the under side and is held on by two double rings of twine (one of 

 seal twine and the other of sinew braid), large enough to slip over the 



