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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



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Plate 59, fig. 3, shows a drill bow from Norton Sound. The orna 

 mentation upon one side consists of eleven wolves, while on the other 

 side is represented a herd of reindeer, the herd being divided into two 

 parts, between which is shown the figure of a wolf. 



It may be that the above instance records the fact of the owner 

 being a successful hunter, and thus records a successful exploit, 

 though the uniformity in outline of the animals suggests a tendency 



also toward ornamentation as 

 well as portraying an occur 

 rence. 



The fungus-ash box shown on 

 plate 56, fig. 5, shows along 

 the upperline of illustrations a 

 hunter with throwing stick and 

 weapon running after some 

 birds which he is desirous of 

 securing. 



Upon the lower line the same 

 person, perhaps, is shown be 

 hind a sledge riding his dog in 

 pulling the conveyance. 



When the box is reversed, 

 there will be seen upon the upper 

 line a clump of trees at the 

 right, while to the left of these 

 is a hunter kneeling in the atti 

 tude of shooting at a bear; be 

 hind the latter is another animal, 

 perhaps a mate. 



Upon the lower line is a ship, 

 toward which two native boats 



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Fig. 99. 

 HUNTING SCORE ENGRAVED ON IVORY (AFTER MURDOCH) 



are directed. The face at the 

 left is apparently simply an 

 attempt at caricature. 



The hunting tablet found by Mr. Murdoch at Point Barrow, and 

 before referred to, is represented in plate 65, fig. 1. The description 

 given by him is in connection with the illustration given on plate 56, 

 fig. 1, referring to the reverse of the tablet. 



The accompanying illustration, fig. 99, and description is from Mur 

 doch s report on the Point Barrow Eskimo, 1 and appears to be one of 

 the four specimens brought back by him. The tablet is of ivory, 4.8 

 inches long and 1 inch wide. On each face is an ornamental border 

 inclosing a number of incised figures, which probably represent actual 

 scenes, as the tablet is not new. 



Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1887-88, 1892, p. 361 et seq. 



