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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



elk, which is not found so far north, the tangs project from the ante 

 rior ridge, while in the reindeer the horn is specifically bent forward 



at the middle, and the 

 anterior prong, or &quot;snow 

 shovel,&quot; is also usually 

 indicated. 



The accompanying il 

 lustration of the rein 



Fie. 16. 



deer, fig. 16, is carefully 



drawn to Indicate the peculiarity of the curved horns. It is rather too 

 short in the limbs in comparison to the size of the body, and although 

 the work is tolerably good, comparison with 

 other illustrations will be found to be of interest. 

 Fig. 17 is a variant of the 

 proceeding, and much better 

 in both resemblance to the 



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animal it is intended to 



represent as well as in an artistic point of view. 

 The accompanying figures illustrate the various 

 typical forms of the same animal as drawn by the 

 natives of various parts of the west coast of Alaska. Fig. 18 repre 

 sents some etchings from a specimen obtained in Point Barrow, though 

 the style of en 

 graving is not 

 very much like 

 that of those 

 people. 



This appears 

 to be one of 

 the few groups 

 in which the 



horns are so unusually high and in which each animal has but two 

 legs, one at each end of the body. 



A specimen of the reindeer shown in fig. 19 is from a fragment of a 



bone obtained at Xor- 

 ton Sound. Although 

 the interior decora 

 tion consists of cross 

 lines, these are diago 

 nal instead of at right 

 angles, as before. A 

 great difference in the 

 art work is visible. 

 Two interesting specimens are 

 The character shown 



Fig. 19. 



REINDEER PURSUED BY WOLF. 



The reindeer is followed by a wolf. 



reproduced from specimen from Kotzebue Sound. 



in fig. 20 is heavy in outline, in having a stout body, over which the 



