834 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



The ears, nostrils, vebrissa?, and hairs on the muzzle are indicated by 

 blackened incisions. There is an ornamented collar round the neck, to 

 which is joined a conventional pattern of triangular form on the throat 

 and a somewhat similar pattern on the to^ of the head between the 



ears. 



Ornamentation of utensils is carried on to an almost unlimited degree, 

 and the simple nucleated circle occurs very frequently, in fact in pre 

 ference, in some portions of Alaska, to the arrowhead and herringbone 

 designs. 



Fig. 41. 



DECORATED IV QRY CARVING. 

 Point Barrow. 



From Point Barrow we have a twister for working the sinew backing 

 on bows, upon one side of which is a row of conspicuous nucleated 

 rings. 1 The specimen is of ivory, and measures 5.4 inches long. It is 

 one of a pair, as two pieces constitute a set. 



In fig. 43 is represented a good example of a native dipper made of 

 fossil ivory. The decoration along the top of the straight Hat handle 

 and around the upper part of the outside of the bowl consists of 

 nucleated circles. These were originally colored with red ocher, but 

 are filled with dirt, while those upon the handle are, to a great extent, 

 almost eifaced by wear. 



Fig. 42. 



TWISTER FOR WORKING SINEW BACKING OF BOW. 



Upon fig. 44, representing a knife with a handle made of reindeer 

 antler, occur a number of lines of nucleated circles connected by short 

 lines. The ornamentation extends horizontally along the top and sides, 

 the incisions having originally been colored with red ocher, but at 

 present contain more dirt than ocher. 2 



1 Ninth Annual Report Bureau of Ethnology, 1887-88. 



2 Idem, p. 173, figs. 113 and 114. 



1892. p. 292, fig. 286. 



