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which they can be raised. In the center, extending lengthwise, are 

 two other doors, and on each side, just below the upper edge, is another 

 little door. A loop of cord extending over and tied across the middle 

 of the box keeps all these doors shut. 



women's workboxes 



Small wooden boxes are used by the women for the safekeeping oi 

 their needle cases, sinew and fiber thread, scraps of skein, earrings, 

 pieces of coloring matter, and various other small articles used by them 

 in their work. 



Figure 3, plate xlii, represents one of these workboxes from Sfugu- 

 iiugumut. It is oval in outline, and the top and bottom are in the shape 

 of flattened, truncated cones, their thin bases resting on the sides of the 

 box. On the front and back, crossing the sides vertically, are inlaid flat 



Fig. 28— Trinket box (about I). 



strips of ivory, with a series of three circles and dots engraved upon 

 tliera ; extending around the sides are a series of round, button -like pieces 

 of ivory, their surfaces covered by a number of concentric circles with 

 black centers. A hook-shape knob of ivory projects from the front, 

 over which a rawhide loop fastened to the cover is passed to keep the 

 lid closed. A slender ivory rod, four inches in length, having its upper 

 surface etched with circle and dot patterns, forms a handle and is 

 attached to the top of the cover by a rawhide cord at each end. 



Figure 5 of the same plate shows a box, from Ikogmut, made from a 

 single piece of wood in the shape of a seal lying on its back with the 

 head and hind flippers turned upward ; the fore-flippers are also carved 

 in relief on the surface. On the cover a flattened ivory rod is fastened 

 with pegs to the main part of the box. On the upper surface of tlie 

 cover, in the center of a broad circular groove in which ivory pegs are 



