864 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Two illustrations of natives cutting up reindeer are shown in figs. 72 

 and 73. Both are very cleverly drawn, the limbs of reindeer being 

 very naturally indicated, as assumed in dead animals. 



A very clever sketch of a native fishing through a hole in 

 the ice is shown in fig. 74. The hole is indicated by a small 

 ^ ^J circle while the ice itself is not shown that being trans 

 parent. One fish has already been caught, as shown above. 

 t ^^ The absence of lines to denote ice is similarly evident in the 

 rig. 74. Kolguev illustration on plate 10. 



CATCHING ^ sea j caught through the ice is shown in fig. 75, the hole 

 being shown back of the hunter by the single form of a loop, 

 as in the illustration referring to seal spearing, fig. 76, where the hole 

 is again indicated by a circle on the ice line. 



This scene is taken from the Ohuckche chart, 

 though the drawing is evidently of Eskimo type. 

 The small loop above the nose of the seal is 

 simply an indication that there is a hole in the 

 ice, made by the seal for breathing. 



A like specimen of Alaskan work is shown in fig. Fig. 75. 



77, where only the surface of the ice is shown, and CATCHING SEAL THROUGH THE 

 the figure of animal is absent beneath the surface. 

 The artistic execution of the several objects portrayed in fig. 78 is 

 rather crude. The two summer habitations or tents at the 

 left have between them a long pole from which are sus 

 pended cords for the reception of fish for curing. The 

 person engaged in hanging up this article of food is drawn 

 in a crouched or seated manner, not because he or she 

 was so seated, but because the figure was made too large 

 rig. 76. for tue S pace w ithin which to represent it in an upright 



SPEARING SEAL. . . . .. . , , 



position. Figures in a seated pos 

 ture are always placed in contact with the sur 

 face upon which they are presumed to be so 

 located, either upon the ground, in a canoe, or 

 on a projecting shelf inside of the dwelling. 

 The circumstance of a sick person being brought Fig. 77. 



before a shaman for treatment is quite differ- SPEARING SEAL. 



ent, as in such instances the human figure is 



drawn as if lying down and may not be in contact with the ground. 

 The tree-like figure at the right of the tent is smoke arising from 



the fire. The two roofed buildings are 

 built in imitation of the habitations of 

 white traders, one of them having a door 

 Fig. 78. at the side, and a covered portico, or 



platform, at the side. 



The scene on the flat piece of bone shown in fig. 79 represents sev 

 eral subjects. In the upper half, at the right, is a summer shelter, 

 within which are two figures. One is seated upon the floor, while the 



