68 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT [eth. axx. 18 



lias the handle narrowed near the base, then widened and narrowed 

 aj^ain toward the top, ending in a rounded point; a triangular slot is cut 

 through the handle, and near the top is a circular hole; its upper sur- 

 face is carved around the border, and a quadrangular area with incurved 

 sides is sunken near the base and painted black; on the lower surface 

 a groove extends in toward the handle on each side and surrounds the 

 bottom. The form of a small tish is painted in black on the bottom of 

 the bowl, which, near its border, is surrounded by two black rings 

 connected by crossbars. 



Plate XXX, 23, from Chalitmut, has the handle made in two parts, 

 joined by a crossbar near the outer end; the lower side of the bowl and 

 part of the handle are painted red; above this the handle is crossed by 

 one red and two black bands. On the inside of the bowl are painted 

 tigures of the curious hybrid animal known in Eskimo mythology as the 

 metamorphosis of the white whale into a combination of wolf and whale. 



Plate XXX, 22, from Sfugunugumut, is similar in form to others 

 described. It has the inside of the spoon outlined by a black line, and 

 in the center a pattern like that seen on Avomen's earrings in this dis- 

 trict, being a circle and a dot with four projecting points which form 

 corners on the outside of the circle. 



Figure 9 of the same plate, from KoFiigunugumut, is a round-handle 

 spoon, the handle being surrounded at equal intervals with three beads 

 cut in the wood ; it is not painted. 



Figure 10, from Chalitmut, is a plain-handle spoon having the form 

 of a seal painted in black on the inner surface. 



Figure 16, from the Kuskokwim, is a plain-handle spoon having a 

 double-head bird painted in black on the inside; the inner border of 

 the bowl is surrounded by two black lines. 



Plate XXIX, 4, shows a spoon from Sabotnisky with a plain handle 

 narrowed near the bowl, which is pear shape in outline and has the 

 figure of an otter painted within it. The border is surrounded near the 

 upper edge by two black lines; the edge of the rim is red, as are also 

 the borders of the handle on each side, which are connected by a cross- 

 bar of red in the middle; the two quadrangular areas of plain wood 

 thus left on the upper surface of the handle are outlined in black. 



Plate XXX, 17, also from Sabotnisky, is a long, oval spoon, with the 

 bowl continued to form the handle; it has both the upper and the 

 lower surface ornamented with figures in black. 



Plate XXIX, 1, represents a rudely shaped ladle from Big lake. It has 

 a long handle, flattened above and oval below, and is painted red except 

 on the inner surface of the bowl. On this unpainted portion is out- 

 lined a figure of the head and fore part of the body of a mythological 

 animal, combining features of the wolf and the killer whale. The fin 

 of the whale is shown rising from the shoulders of the animal, while 

 the fore feet and the head of the wolf are also represented. 



Plate XXIX, 11, from St Lawrence island, is a broad, flattened scoop, 

 with a short, projecting handle on the inner end and nearly square 



