316 



THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



Fig. 3216 (No. 89442 [899] from Nuwuk) i.s a weight without the 

 hook and made of compact whale s bone. It is 4-1 inches long, and very 

 neatly carved, having all the fins in relief, the gill openings, mouth, and 



eyes incised. No. 56582 

 [173] from Utkiavwlfi is 

 one of a pair very rudely 

 carved out of a piece of 

 snow -shovel edge. The 

 mouth and gill openings 

 are indicated by incised 

 and blackened lines, the 

 latter fringed with short 

 lines, each endinginadot, 

 perhaps to represent the 

 gill filaments. It is 4-2 

 inches long, and hastily 

 made for sale. Fig. 321c 

 (No. 56578 [201 1 from Ut 

 kiavwlfi) seems to be in 

 tended for a polar cod, 

 and has the hole drilled 

 through the root of the 

 tail. The lateral line is 

 marked by a scratch, col 

 ored with black lead, and 

 the dark color of the back 

 is represented by curved, 

 transverse scratches also 

 colored with black lead. 

 When the carving is suf 

 ficiently good to show 

 what sort of a fish is 

 (meant, it is generally a 

 salmon or trout. Only 3 



FIG. 32i. Netting weights. out of the 16 are of any 



thing but walrus ivory. These 3 are of compact whale s bone, and one 

 had small blue glass beads inlaid for eyes, of which one still remains. 



FIG. :i J2. Shuttle belonging to yet of feather tools. 



The shortest is 3-4 inches long, and the longest 4-3, but most of them are 

 almost exactly 4 inches long. 



Wearing. A set of little tools made of bone and reindeer antler were 

 brought over for sale, which were said to be those used in weaving the 



