GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 



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Fig. 20. 



REINDEER, KOT/EBUE SOUND. 



Fig. 21. 



REINDEER, KOTZEBTJE SOUND. 



Fig. 22. 

 REINDEER. 



the etching extends almost entirely, while in fig. 21 the body of a simi 

 lar animal from the same locality has but a few cross lines. The horns 

 are very well represented within outline and 

 general curvature. 



An interesting pair of animals is shown 

 in tig. 22, the foreshortening being admir 

 ably drawn, while at the same time maintain 

 ing the typical spe 

 cific features which 

 are visible in all 



other native drawings of the reindeer. 



-Try : Li . ~ Plate 26, fig. 1, represents a seal drag 



&quot; \\ */ &quot; from St. Michaels. Upon the upper portion 



of the ivory utensil are neat outlines of 

 wolves, made with 

 considerable delica 

 cy. The ornamental lines upon which they 

 stand and those encircling the ends of the or 

 nament are a sort of meander or crude zigzag, 

 of which a description is 



given elsewhere in connection with decoration. 

 Plate 14, fig. 1, represents a fragment of bone 

 Fig. 23. from Norton Sound, upon which is a rude etching 



WOLP - of a reindeer approaching a wolf, the latter in an 



inverted position. At the right hand 



is a perforation, about which is a rude circle ornamented 

 with four radiating lines. Beneath this circle are two par 

 allel curved lines with inner radiating lines, resulting in a 

 very crude meander pattern. 



The illustration of a wolf (fig. 23) shows the fangs in 



&quot;? the partly open mouth, the stiff ears, and long bushy tail. 



*j^ The markings upon the body may be simply in imitation 



/\ of the etchings found upon most outline or solid figures, 



J \^ though they greatly suggest the brindled fur of 



Fig. 25. the Ganis occidentalis Dekay. 



HUMAN FORM. The porcupine is quite common in some of the 

 southern portions of Alaska, and fig. 24 represents 

 one of these animals, the spines of which are used in decora 

 tive work. 



The engraving seems to have been made with a very sharp 

 tool, as the outlines are groups of thin parallel hair lines. 



The selected character reproduced in fig. 25 is so unusual 

 in general form, as found upon ivory or other engravings of 

 the Eskimo, that its presentation here is of interest for purposes 

 of comparison with the pictographs of other peoples, especially the 

 petroglyphs of the western and southwestern, or Pacific Coast States, 



Fig. 24. 

 PORCUPINE. 



Fig. 26. 



TWO MEN 

 IN CLOSE 

 EMBRACE. 



