GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 



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to have served as a handle, as a small perforation in the middle seems 

 to have been made for the purpose of inserting a cord. The upper 

 side or half of this ornament is decorated with zigzag cross lines, while 

 the lower has the herring-bone pattern, like the ornaments upon one 

 side of the running figure in the preceding illustration, plate 41, fig. 3. 

 Plate 41, fig. 6, represents a bodkin, and is elsewhere referred to with 

 respect to ornamentation. 



DECORATION CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF CIRCLES. 



The several objects represented on plate 42 are variously ornamented 

 in simple patterns. Fig. 1 is an ivory ear pendant, which is creased 

 spirally from end to end by one continuous line. Fig. -5 represents a toy 

 fish, upon which is incised the figure of a wolf, with another linear 

 character somewhat resembling a crude representation of the same 

 species. 



The hair ornament shown in fig. 3 on the same plate is decorated 

 along the upper half by two pairs of transverse parallel lines, between 



Fig. 37. 

 TOOTH 0V ANTLER. POINT BARROW. 



which are cross lines to resemble the common portraiture of a sus 

 pended seine net, as shown on plate 59, also in fig. 79 on page 865. 



The spear guard shown in plate 413, fig. 4, bears a simple vertical line 

 from which diverge, downward and on either side, three lines, between 

 which are small punctures. This enlarged figure suggests a like origin 

 as the ornamented line in the middle of fig. 6, the latter having for its 

 conception, no doubt, the plant symbol mentioned and figured else 

 where, particularly in connection with plate 77, and in fig. 70, page 863. 

 Compare also with fig. 11, on plate 77, and other types of circles repre 

 sented thereon, which occur upon various types of Eskimo utensils and 

 ornaments. 



Plate 42, fig. 5, is a common hook made for use in suspending various 

 household articles. 



In addition to the lateral diverging lines, the central one is absent, 

 but in its stead a continuation of perforations from which radiate three 

 incisions, made by means of a narrow saw or a sharp edged file. These 

 incisions serve instead of the narrow or shallow creases noted on figs. 4 

 and 5. Punctured spots are also added to serve as additional orna 

 ments. 



