NELSON] BEADS AND EARRINGS 55 



The specimen from Chalitmut figured in plate xxiv, 6, is small and 

 rounded J it is a little over half an inch in diameter, and has a rounded 

 knob at each corner. The center has a black spot and two concentric 

 rings with spaced dots scattered around these and a dot in the middle 

 of each corner i)rojection. 



Another small set (plate xxiv, 8) from Chalitmut measures half an 

 inch in diameter and is rudely oval in shape, with five small circles and 

 dots arranged in the form of a cross on a slightly convex face. 



A single earring obtained from St Michael (number 1292G5) exhibits 

 two circles, joined one below the other, and each having the front cov- 

 ered with concentric rings with a piece of lead set in the center. There 

 is a hole at the lower end for the attachment of a string of beads. 



A pair from Nulukhtnlogumut (plate xxiv, 3) measure three-quarters 

 of an inch in width. They are of the usual rounded pattern with pro- 

 jecting corners, and with the center excavated and set with half of a 

 blue bead, which is surrounded by two concentric circles, the outer one 

 having spur-like etched lines drawn from it to the corner projections. 



Another example (plate xxiv, 4) from Kaialigamut, is three-<iuarters 

 of an inch in diameter, with rounded outline and convex face, in which 

 is set half of a large, amber-colored glass bead. 



In addition to the styles already described, the country between the 

 lower Yukon and the Kuskokwim affords a considerable variety of these 

 ornaments, upon which are carved the features of men, animals, and 

 tunghat. These are usually oval in outline, measuring from half an 

 inch to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, but some are oblong in 

 shape. A pair from Chalitmut (plate xxiv, 15) are square, with the 

 features raised in relief in the center. 



A pair from Kushutuk (plate xxiv, 13) are each three-quarters of an 

 inch in length and in shape represent a small seal. 



The ornamentation of the specimen from Cape Vancouver illustrated 

 in plate xxiv, 10, represents the features of a timghdJc, and on another 

 from the same locality (plate xxiv, 14) is shown the face of a short- 

 ear owl. 



Northward from St Michael to Bering strait the earrings used are 

 more oblong in shape, being longer and narrower in proportion j they 

 are also less handsomely ornamented, and the entire workmanship is 

 more crude. These measure from half an inch to an inch and a half 

 in length and from an eighth to half an inch in diameter. 



An oblong, convex-face pair (plate xxiv, 19), from Sledge island, 

 measure a little over an inch and a quarter in length and three eighths 

 of an inch in breadth, and have half of a large blue bead set in the 

 front of each. Most of the earrings from this island have the faces 

 crossed by deeply incised lines, although there were obtained one or 

 two pairs which are perfectly plain. 



The specimen from Cape Vancouver shown in plate xxiv, 7, is a disk 

 with a series of concentric circles on its face; another (plate xxiv, 11) 



