400 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



A larger carving, rather roughly executed (No. 89338 [1098], from 

 Nuwfik), represents a standing bear 3-2 inches long, holding a whale 

 crosswise, in his mouth. The whale is a separate piece, held in by a 

 wooden peg driven through the bear s lower jaw. This specimen is 

 newly made from rather coarse walrus ivory. 



Fig. 4026 (No. 89340 [953], from Utkiavwifi) is a very ancient ivory 

 image of a bear, 3-4 inches long, which was evidently intended for an 

 amulet, as there is a stout lug on the belly, into which are bored two 

 oblique holes, so as to make a longitudinal channel for a string. Into 

 this is knotted a stout cord of loosely twisted sinew. The execution of 

 the image is particularly good, but the design is very rude. The speci 

 men is so ancient that the ivory of which it is made has become almost 

 black. 



No. 56528a [5&amp;lt;&amp;gt;] from Utkiavwifi is a walrus tooth, 1-6 inches long, 

 carved into the shape of a bear s head. Both design and execution are 



very rude. Light blue glass 

 beads are inlaid for the eyes, 

 and the nostrils and outline 

 of the mouth are incised and 

 tilled in with black dirt. It 

 was made for sale. A still 

 more rude carving, also made 

 for sale, is No. 56528, from 

 Utkiavwifi, which is an old 

 and weathered canine tooth of 

 the polar bear, with the point 

 freshly whittled so as to look 

 something like a bear s head. 

 Two sky-blue glass beads are 

 inlaid to represent the eyes 



Fli:. 4U2.-Ivory (iguiTs of lirars. ill I (I O116 for the 11OSC, aild tllO 



mouth is incised and blackened. 



The walrus does not appear to be a favorite subject for representation. 

 The part of the collection already described shows that it occurs very 

 seldom as a decoration, and we obtained only three images of this ani 

 mal, one in Hoapstone and two in ivory, all small and very rude, both 

 in design and execution. They are all newly made. The best image 

 is shown in Fig. 403 (No. 89333 [1384] from Utkiavwffi). This is 2-3 

 inches long and made of coarse; walrus ivory. The head is rather 

 good, but the body simply tapers to a broken point. A bit of 

 wood is inlaid for the left eye, but the right is merely represented 

 by a hole. 



Fig. 403& (No. 89334 [1.0(57], from Utkiavwifi) is exceedingly rude, The 

 eyes, nostrils, and mouth are incised and blackened as usual, ami the 

 vibrissas (&quot;whiskers&quot;) are represented by rather large round pits on the 

 snout, also filled in with black dirt. It is 2-9 inches long, and appears 



