872 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



In fig. 90, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 represent whaling ships at anchor, the 

 middle figure being somewhat obliterated by the wearing away of the 



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Fig. 90. 

 WHALEHVNTEKS AND SHIPS. 



ivory of the bow. The anchor chain is seen at No. 3. Nos. 4 and 6 are 

 the ships boats in pursuit of whales, the specimen at No. 5 having been 

 harpooned, while in No. 6 the hunter is reaching down to grasp the 

 harpoon, the open hand being clearly indicated. No. 8 is a killer whale, 

 while Nos. 9 and 10 denote seals diving into the sea. 



PICTOGRAPHIC RECORDS. 



This collection of records pertains more particularly to individual 

 exploits hunting and fishing, traveling and combat. It is practically 

 impossible to classify all of the records or to relegate them to a spe 

 cific subject, as the subjects are frequently not on one single theme, 

 but embrace a number of ideas upon the same continuous face of 

 ivory; therefore the records are necessarily classified according to the 

 import of the majority of characters inscribed. 



In the accompanying series presented below there appears to be 

 more allusion to individual performances than the record of an indefi 

 nite number of people. 



INDIVIDUAL EXPLOITS. 



The carving shown in fig. 91, made of a piece of walrus ivory, was 

 copied from the original in the Alaska Commercial Company, San 

 Francisco, California, and the interpretations were verified by Yladimir 

 Naomoff, a Kadiak half-breed, to whom reference has already been 

 made. 



No. lisa native whose left hand is resting against the house, while 

 the right is directed toward the ground. The character to his right 

 represents a &quot; shaman stick&quot; surmounted by the emblem of a bird a 

 &quot;good spirit&quot; in memory of some departed member of the household. 

 It was suggested that the grave stick had been erected to the memory 

 of his wife. 



No. 2 represents a reindeer. 



No. 3 signifies that one man, the designer, shot and killed another 

 with an arrow. The elbow of the arm drawing the arrow is seen pro 

 jecting behind the back, illustrating close observation on the part of 

 the artist. 



