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Figure 17, plate tii, is an example of. one of the ivory sinkers from 

 Sledge island; it is long, rounded, and tapers from the middle toward 

 each end. 



Figure 16, plate lit, from Cape Nome, is another sinker of this de- 

 scription, made from a walrus tusk, with three links in the middle. 



Figure 18, plate Lii, is a light ivory sinker, from Sledge island, with 

 etchings on its surface representing boats and houses. 



Figure 2, plate lii, from Cape Espenberg, is a club used for killing 

 seals; it has a rounded, curving, wooden handle, with a rawhide cord 

 wound around it to afford a good grip. A rounded knob of bone, 

 grooved to lit against the side of the handle, is fastened to the head by 

 a lashing passing through two holes and around a groove at the back. 



Figure 5, plate lii, from the head of Norton sound, is an oval brain- 

 ing stone, having a groove around the middle and the ends brought 

 down to a truncated point. This stone is used on the end of a stout 

 cord, which is fastened firmly about the groove. 



Figure 1, plate lii, from Point Hope, is a braining stone of mottled 

 black and white color, roughly oval in outline, with a hole pierced 

 through one end, in which is fastened a stout rawhide loop, by means of 

 which the hunter swings the stone and brings it down upon the head 

 of the animal. 



Figure 3, plate lii, from Kigiktauik, is an oval bone head for a 

 braining club, with a prominent ridge along the face and truncated on 

 the back; it is provided with three holes, by means of which it is lashed 

 to the handle. 



Figure 23, plaie lii, from the Diomede islands, is a float for a seal 

 net, with a long, flattened handle, oval in cross section and j)ierced at 

 the lower end for attachment to the net cord. 



Figure 22, plate lii, from Cape Nome, is a float in the shape of a 

 seal head, with blue beads inlaid for eyes and tufts of hair inserted on 

 each side of the nose to represent bristles. A hole is pierced through 

 the neck, through which the cord is passed for fastening it to the net. 



Figure 15, plate lii, from Point Hope, is a curiously made float rep- 

 resenting a seal, with a rounded body, terminating at the rear in an 

 ivory ring for attachment of a cord ; on the back a larger ivory ring is 

 inserted and held in place by a wooden pin. In this ring are linked 

 two ivory pendants, having upon their outer surfaces incisions rep- 

 resenting the eyes, nostrils, and mouth of an animal, probably a seal. 

 The eyes of the seal in the head of the float are represented by inlaid 

 white beads. 



Figure 21, plate lii, represents the head of a seal, with the eyes 

 formed by inlaid blue beads. A large bone ring is inserted in the mouth, 

 from which hang two ivory pendants. 



Figure 2(3, plate lii, represents a double-head seal, with a hole made 

 through the wood on the back end for the attachment of the cord, and 

 an ivory pin, with a single link pendant, inserted in the breast. 



