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TRINKET HOXES. 



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the end, iu through the upper, then out and in through two similar holes 

 in the. middle of the cover, and out through a hole on the other side of 

 the box. Pulling the end of this string draws the cover down snugly 

 into its place. 



Some of the remaining boxes are made of antler, and vary in length 

 from 4-7 to &amp;lt;S inches. The last is, however, unusually large, most of 

 the others being about 5 inches long. The covers are generally held on 

 by strings much in the manner described, and the ends are both usually 

 of wood, though two old boxes have both ends made of antler, and one 

 has a top of hard bone. The last is a specimen newly made for sale. 

 These boxes are, sometimes ornamented on the outside with incised lines, 

 colored red or blackened, either conventional patterns as in Fig. 32% 



Fir,. 329. Trinket boxes. 



(No. 89405 [1335], from Utkiavwlfi) or figures of men and animals as in 

 Fig. . J2!)c (Xo. 56615 [41] from the same village). The former is a new 

 box, 4-7 inches long, and has the wooden ends both shouldered to lit 

 tightly. Tin; cover is worked with a string. 



Xo. 56615 [41] on the other hand is very old, and has lost its cover. 

 The wooden bottom is shouldered and held in with treenails. The sur 

 face is elaborately ornamented with incised and blackened figures. 

 It is divided by longitudinal lines into four nearly equal panels, on 

 which the figures are disposed as follows (the animals all being repre 

 sented as standing on the longitudinal lines, and facing toward the 

 right, that is, toward the open end of the box): On the first panel are 

 4 reindeer, alternately a buck and a doe, followed by a man in akaiak, 

 and over his head two small &quot;circles and dots,&quot; one above the other. 



