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Figure 32. Men's and woman's tattoo designs. 



a. Man's design from Baffin island. b. Man's design from Ungava. 



C. Man's design from vicinity of Bering strait, Alaska (from G. B. Gordon's 



Notes on the Western Eskimo, Plate IX, figure 3). 



d. Woman's design from Nachvak. 



We have, then, several characteristic designs common to 

 tattooing and work on ivory or skin: the dotted line, the Y- 

 shaped design, the whale's tail, and the concentric circle. To this 

 might be added the crossed lines, the diamond, also parallel lines 

 either continuous or dotted (see Figures 31 and 32). 



