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engravings are characteristic of the crude deeply incised lines of the 

 work accomplished by the Indians of Kotzebue Sound and vicinity. 



Plate 23, fig. 2, is a bone seine shuttle from Cape Nome. This is 

 ornamented with several almost indefinite lines at the left, probably 

 representing seals, while the four conspicuous characters represent 

 well-engraved outlines of the reindeer. The shading or marking upon 

 the bodies of the animals is indicative of the markings of color upon 

 the animal, and upon the two middle figures this marking is indicated 

 by delicate vertical lines very artistically rendered. 



Plate 24, fig. 4, represents a triangular drill bow obtained at Cape 

 Nome. The specimen measures 13J inches in length. The thirteen 

 figures at the left represent walruses, two of them heading toward a 

 kaiak occupied by a single hunter who appears to be chased by a 

 walrus coming from the opposite direction, as if it had been pursued 

 and probably angered by the five hunters shown in the umiak immedi 

 ately to the right of it. The native in the stern end of this umiak has 

 successfully harpooned a walrus, as is indicated by the delicate zigzag 

 line connecting his hand with the harpoon which is securely embedded 

 in the breast of the animal. Now, turning the bow upside down, there 

 will be seen two walruses being towed along by an umiak occupied by 

 five hunters. Immediately to the left of this umiak 

 is another boat of similar construction which has just 

 been pulled on shore, as the position of the boat indi 

 cates, as well as the attitude of the six natives walk- ^. 

 ing along toward the left, each with something in his FLYING BIRD. 

 hands, which has evidently been taken from the boat, 

 and which has been captured or secured on the hunt. The remaining 

 six figures indicate habitations. Again reversing the bow to the origi 

 nal position, opposite to the beached umiak is a walrus which has been 

 captured by the hunters in the umiak proceeding toward the right and 

 toward another walrus which is there shown. The remaining six fig 

 ures indicate habitations and storehouses, while between the former 

 are shown human figures in various attitudes as if occupied in different 

 tasks. The under sides of the bow bear hunting records, numbers of 

 which will be shown in other connections. 



On plate 25, fig. 3, is shown a box for fungus ash. This appears to 

 be made of a piece of bone, is very crude, and bears about the middle 

 a row of five figures, the larger one representing a whale, the next a 

 reindeer, while the three smaller ones appear to be animals of the same 

 species. 



Fig. 14 probably denotes one of the water birds, though why it fig 

 ures on the ivory drill bow without any other characters, in context, it 

 is impossible to say. The attempt at engraving a record may have 

 been abandoned. 



The two characters shown in fig. 15, are without doubt deer, as no 

 other species of the family is found in Alaska in which the tangs of 

 the horns project from the posterior ridge of the main branch. In the 



