958 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



YESTERDAY. 



Make the sign for one, for sleep, and for past time, by passing the upright flat left 

 hand slowly outward toward the left, leaning the head a little in the same direction. 

 YOUNG MAN. 



Pass the naturally closed hands from the front of the body backward around the 

 sides of the waist, then bend the elbows and move the arms as if running. Con 

 ception : Belt, and activity and vigor. 

 YOUNG WOMAN. 



Make the sign for woman; then gently grasp the lobe of the ear with the thumb 

 and index and pass the hand down slowly as far as the front of the shoulder 

 &quot;long hair&quot; and &quot;earring.&quot; 



SPECIMENS REFERRED TO IN PRESENT PAPER. 



The specimens selected from the collections of the National Museum, 

 upon which to base the present paper, are enumerated below, and in 

 all instances, where possible, the National Museum Catalogue number 

 is attached, as well as the nature of the specimen, the locality from 

 which obtained, and the name of the collector. Other information of 

 interest as to the character of the etchings engraved therein is also 

 added in a few examples. 



The list is- divided into two general classes, the former embracing 

 the drill bows, bag handles, and other long rods; while the second 

 comprises all other inscribed pieces, such as utensils, weapons, orna 

 ments, toys, and other undetermined specimens. 



The leading word refers to the article under consideration, which is 

 followed by the locality where it was obtained. The name of the col 

 lector is next given, which, in turn, is followed by the numbers under 

 which it is placed in the accession list of the National Museum. 



The entire series of numbers, from first to last, is in order so as to 

 facilitate identification by that means as well as the kind of object 

 referred to. 



The list forms but a small part of the collections from Alaska, but is 

 sufficiently comprehensive for the present paper. 



DRILL BOWS AND BAG HANDLES. 



DRILL BOW. Anderson River. R. Kennicott. 2171. Has a long thong attached. 

 The bow is of ivory, 13 inches long and three-fourths of an inch in height, 

 being much heavier and rounded in form than others. There is no ornamentation. 



BAG HANDLE. Norton .Sound. L. M. Turner. 24412. Plate 31, fig. 2. 



BAG HANDLE. Norton Sound. L. M. Turner. 24417. Plate 31, fig. 3. 



BAG HANDLE. Norton Sound. L. M. Turner. 24415. Plate 38, fig. 1. 



BAG HANDLE. St. Michaels. L. M. Turner. 24425. Plate IS, fig. 2. 



BAG HANDLE. Norton Sound. E. W. Nelson. 24427. White ivory specimen with 

 characteristic zigzag pattern in parallel-line space. 



KUNTAG HANDLE. St. Michaels. [L. M. Turner. ?] 24429. 



DRILL BOW. Norton Sound. L. M. Turner. 24533. An old stained bow, with rude 

 figures representing a whale being harpooned, with lloat in the air. Following 

 this is an umiak, and a native behind a hillock watching some reindeer. The 

 hillock is surmounted by a tree, though the ligure resembles smoke issuing from 

 a hut. The opposite side has four vessels, one with natives, and a man near a 

 walrus, behind a wolf, next a reindeer, and before this another wolf and a goose. 

 The oblique figures at the end are ornamental. 



