390 



THE POINT BARKOW ESKIMO. 



Flo. ;i92. lione 

 im:ii: - of man. 



Fig. . {93 (No. 89344 [1272], from Utkiavwlfi) is a very grotesque image 

 of a iiiikeil man, rudely carved from compart, rather porous hone, im 

 pregnated with oil, but scraped smooth. 

 It is 5 inches long. The mouth and eyes 

 are incised and blackened, and the nos 

 trils simply bored out. 



The ivory carvings representing hu 

 man figures are all of rather rude work 

 manship. No. 89352 [1100], Fig. 394, 

 from Niiwfik, is a tolerably good figure, 

 3-3 inches long, of a sitting man hold 

 ing up his bands before his face. This 

 specimen is old and is made of walrus 

 ivory yellow from age aiid oil. No. 

 89351 [1085] from Nuwuk, is a similar 

 image, 3-8 inches long, newly made, with 

 the arms at the sides, roughly carved from coarse wal 

 rus ivory. The eyes and mouth are incised and 

 filled with dark colored dirt. Fig. 395 (No. S9349 

 1 980], from Nuwuk) is an old image made of yellow 

 walrus ivory and closely resembling the bone image 

 (No. 89348 [1127] ) already figured, but with the hands 

 by the sides. It is 2-7 inches long and has a string 4 

 inches long tied into the channel in the back. 



Nos. 8934G and 89347 [990], from Nuwuk, are a pair 

 of little men, standing erect, about 2 inches high, 

 rather roughly carved, of slightly yellow walrus ivory. Both have 

 large, clumsy feet and legs, and the eyes, nostrils, and mouth incised 

 and filled in as usual with dark colored 

 dirt. The arms are in high relief. No. 

 89340 [99()/&amp;gt;J has his hands clasped in 

 front of him, while No. 89347 [990] has 

 them clasped behind his back. The legs 

 of the latter are excavated on the inside 

 as if to fit it upon the end of some object. 

 It is more probable, however, that this 

 image was carved from the foreshaft of 

 a seal-dart, and that the excavation is 

 merely the slot in the end of the latter. 

 These two images are evidently modern, 

 but do not appear freshly made. No. 

 89345 [1273] from Utkiavwin is a very 

 rude image, 2-(i inches long, having a 

 very small head and no arms. It is somewhat dis 

 colored walrus ivory and quite dirty, and though evi 

 dently modern, from the appearance of the ivory, does not appear to 



Km. 393. Grotesque 



Fro. 395. Hu- 

 niaii figure 

 carved from 

 walrus ivory. 



Flo. :t94. Ivory im 

 ago, sitting jiiiin. 



