404 



THE POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



as this except a little one from Nuwiik, (Xo. 80563 [986]) 2 inches long, 

 which is almost an exact miniature of the preceding. This specimen is 

 not new. Fig. 408 (Xo. 89557 [1267] from Utkiavwifi) is a rude/erf 

 representation of a whale seen from above. It is 5-2 inches long and 



Flo. 409. Ivory image of whale. 



Fio. 40. Kude flat image of whale. 



roughly whittled out of the bottom of an old stone pot. The flippers 



are large and clumsy, and the spiracles slightly incised. The specimen 



appears to be old, as does a similar one from Xuwiik (Xo. 89559 [1188]). 



No. 89558 [1266] from Utkiavwifi, and Xo. 89572 from Xuwuk, both 



flat images, are carelessly made 

 for sale. The latter is simply 

 a representation in soapstone 

 of the conventional &quot; whale s 

 tail&quot; with the &quot; small&quot; cut off 

 to an angular point. Xo. 89325 

 [1160] from Utkiavwifi is a 

 clumsy, broad whale with a flat belly, 4-1 inches long, freshly carved 

 from whale s bone, and soaked in oil to make it look old. The eyes, 

 spiracles, and outline of the mouth are incised and filled in with dark 

 oil lees. 



None of the ivory carvings of whales have any special artistic merit. 

 Fig. 409 (Xo. 89323 [1024fl.] from Xuwfik) is the best of these. It is a 

 little better in design and execution than the preceding, which it re 

 sembles considerably. It is the female of a pair of little whales made 

 of old brown walrus ivory, which is much cracked. The male differs 

 from the female only in the shape of the external 

 sexual organs, the male having a little round pit 

 and the iemale a lojig sulcus. This, as well as the 

 eyes, spiracles, and outline of the mouth, is incised 

 and filled in with dark colored dirt. The female is 3-1 inches long, the 

 male (Xo. 89324 [1024&]) 0-1 inch longer. These specimens appear to be 

 quite ancient. 



Fig. 410 (Xo. 89326 [1086] from Xuwttk) is very long and slender 

 4-3 inches long and only 0-7 inch wide with the belly perfectly flat, 



Fl(i. 410. Ivory ininjre of 

 whale. 



