894 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



to the right denotes, without doubt, a similar auimal upon an ice floe, 

 the latter being indicated by its having been left white to denote trans 

 parency. 



One man is seen dragging at a seal to the right of the floe, and a little 

 farther on are two men making gestures, the first having both hands 

 and arms directed upward, while the second has one arm directed to 

 the left of the rod, while with the other the hand is flexed toward his 

 head, as if beckoning to some one at his left and indicating the direction 

 to his right. 



The walrus have been surprised by hunters, as shown in plate 70, 

 fig. 3, many of them swimming away, as shown in No. 3, one animal 

 having its young still resting upon its back. The ice pan at No. 2 has 

 three animals remaining upon it, a young walrus at its mother s back 

 being indicated in the middle figure, while the largest figure is already 

 harpooned, its flippers (?) being extended in its endeavor to slip into 

 the sea and escape. The middle boatman in No. 4 is holding aloft his 

 paddle, thus calling for assistance, the signal being visible, perhaps, by 

 other hunters, who will at once respond. In No. 5 the hunter had har 

 pooned his walrus, which immediately attempted to escape by resorting 



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Fig. 112. 



A WALRl S HUNT. 



to an ice pan, upsetting the canoe and dragging it upon the ice, and at 

 the same time throwing into the water the unfortunate hunter, whose 

 head and shoulders are seen projecting above the base line, here indi 

 cating, also, the water line. 



In fig. 112 is shown a remarkably graphic illustration. The artist 

 was of more than ordinary cleverness, and the engraving scarcely 

 requires any description. The animals noted in No. 1, the middle one 

 on the ice pan in No. 5, and the one to the right the last but one are 

 each shown with their young upon the back. 



The ice pan upon which the animals had been floating is indicated by 

 an outline only, the body being left white and in imitation of nature. 



Plate 21, fig. 2, represents the back of bow shown elsewhere. As 

 before, there is an upper and lower face upon which hunting records 

 are portrayed. Beginning with the upper surface at the right-hand 

 side, we perceive four walruses, to the right of which is an umiak occu 

 pied by four hunters. The one in the bow appears to have a short- 

 handled ax, while the second has one arm uplifted, and directed forward 

 from the mouth appears a short line terminating in zigzag, which is 

 believed not to be accidental but intentional, and indicates voice or 

 speech, sound being portrayed in other pictographs as well, seemingly 



