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Figure 15, plate LVia, from Agiukcliugiiinut, is of ivory and has a 

 human face carved on the surface of the head. 



Figure 9, plate lvi «, from Cape Vancouver, is an ivory plug, oval in 

 outline, with the face of a short-ear owl on its upper surface. 



Figure 2, plate lvi a, from Chalitmut, is a small stopper with the 

 face of a seal in relief on its surface. 



Figure 8, plate lvi a, from Cape Darby, is a stop])er with a stem in the 

 form of a link, with its base projecting and pierced with a hole, through 

 which a crosspiece 

 cf ivory is inserted 

 to hold the lashing 

 in position. In the 

 link, and carved 

 from the same piece 

 of ivory, is a seal- 

 head with bristles 

 set in by plugs of 

 wood to indicate the 

 whiskers; the eyes, 

 nostrils, and ears 

 are represented by 

 wooden plugs. 



Figure 12, plate 

 LVI a, from Cape 

 Darby, is another 

 huk plug, having 

 carved on it a seal- 

 head, the nostrils 

 and eyes formed by 

 inlaid beads. The 

 base has the usual 

 constricted neck, 

 but is conical in- 

 stead of flattened. 



Figure 11, plate 

 LVifl, from Sledge 

 island, is made like 

 the preceding, with 

 a conical base attached to the open link by a narrow neck. In this 

 link is another one, the outer end of which is carved to represent the 

 end of an inflated float. 



Figure 16, plate lvi a, from Kushunuk, is a long, slender float with an 

 ivory nozzle. It is made from the intestines of a seal, and is intended 

 to be attached to the shaft of a hand spear. Some of these floats 

 are made from the bladders or stomachs of seals and walrus, and are 

 usually oval in shape. 



Figure 39, from Nunivak island, is a sealskin float, tanned with most 



Fig. 39— Sealskin float (about i'o)- 



