GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 853 



the air&quot; in order to call to him his tutelary guardian, who is to aid the 

 shaman in success, in order to comply with the request made of him. 



Within the dome-shaped habitation nearest the shaman is an accom 

 paniment of tambourine drumming, while two assistants are also 

 engaged in invocation. 



To the right of the supplicant is a repetition of his own form, indi 

 cating his harpooning a seal or other animal, while still further toward 

 the end of the rod is an unfinished figure of a man in a kaiak probably 

 the supplicant in another exploit made possible through the shaman s 

 assistance. 



Turning the bow around so as to bring the convexity beneath, there 

 appears at the left a linear outline of some undetermined animal, near 

 to which is an umiak containing three men. They ar# approaching a 

 settlement indicated by two forms of habitations, a dome-shaped or 

 permanent one and a triangular or temporary shelter, the two denot 

 ing both kinds constituting the village. 



Two racks are visible, a single one from which are suspended numer 

 ous stands of meat or fish, and a double one, similarly filled with food. 

 The rude outline of a native at the right is nearest to a boat lying upon 

 its side, beyond which are the outlines of four waterfowl. 



Some whales are next portrayed. The one with the nukes above the 

 water, and the spray thrown or forced from the spout holes, appears to 

 have thrown from the water the vessel containing four natives. Their 

 vessel is curved, making a slight arch, and the exposed end seems 

 broken open. 



The whale beyond this is harpooned by a native in a kaiak; the 

 inflated float is still upon the kaiak behind him, indicating that not 

 much line has run out, as the whale, also, is headed to ward the hunter. 



The whale to the right of the preceding character has the tail up in 

 the air, while some water is indicated as issuing from the spout hole. 

 In front of this is an umiak with four hunters making for a herd of wal 

 ruses on and about a ledge of rocks. 



The rocks are indicated by the short markings between the two par 

 allel lines denoting them, the markings consisting of the pattern 

 frequently mentioned herein as fish trap, and of which numerous illus 

 trations are given, as on plate 31, fig. 2, and plate 36, fig. 2, and on the 

 accompanying plate 59, fig. 3. This indication of rock is of interest in 

 its differentiation from ice, as a solid mass, the latter being drawn only to 

 show its outline as a floe, the interior part of the space being left blank 

 to denote its colorless or transparent condition. On the same plate, 

 plate 50, in fig. 2, is shown a floe upon which seals are taking refuge. 



The speaker, or rather he of whom the record treats, in plate GO, fig. 

 8, is represented at No. 1. His right hand is elevated as when used in 

 gesticulating, while his left points down toward the foot of the scaffold 

 upon which is a repository for food. The two scaffolds at No. 2 no 



