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It is bound on by a strip of rawhide, which is passed through two holes 

 on one side and one upon the other. 



Figure 19, plate LXifc, illustrates a bone wrist- guard from Kowak 

 river, with a single hole on one side for the attachment of a cord. Wrist- 

 guards are all made crescentic in cross section, in order to fit the curve 

 of the wrist. 



BOXES FOR ARROW- AND SPEAR POINTS 



The Eskimo store and carry the thin, flat points for arrows, spears, 

 and lances in small wooden boxes, in the manufacture of which they 

 display considerable ingenuity. 



A box of this kind (number 3624^), from Kushunuk, is flattened and 

 square in outline and made from a single piece of wood; the excavated 

 interior is shallow j it is grooved just below the upper edge to receive 

 the sliding cover, which has a notch on the top near one end for a 

 thumb-rest in drawing it out. On two corners of the box a rawhide 

 loop is fastened for hanging it to the belt or for attaching it to any other 

 object. 



Figure 10, plate lxii, is a long, flattened box from Cape Nome. It 

 is less than an inch in height, is 7^ inches long, and has a sliding 

 cover. The sides and top are ornamented with a variety of incised 

 cross-line patterns. 



Figure 5, i^late lxii, is a long, thin box from Nunivak island, 

 slightly convex above and below, pointed oval at one end and truncated 

 at the other. It has a long, narrow cover* fitting like a stopper and 

 resting at each end on a sunken ledge, and a thumb-piece for raising it 

 projects at the rear. On the upper side of the front end of the box are 

 incised the outlines of the mouth, nostrils, and eyes of some animal. 



Figure 1, plate lxii, from Pikmiktalik, is a rudely oval box, grooved 

 around the sides and along the bottom, but otherwise is not ornamented. 



Figure 4, plate lxii, represents a box, from Cape Nome, fashioned in 

 the form of a fish known as the losh. The eyes are formed by small 

 ivory pegs with the centers excavated for the pupils; the gill openings 

 are marked by incised crescentic lines; the mouth is incised, and the 

 tail is represented as doubled and lying forward midway along the 

 body. It has a long, oval, stopper-like cover resting on a sunken ledge 

 at each end. 



Figure 6, plate lxii, shows a box, from Askinuk, in the shape of a 

 seal. The eyes and the mouth are incised and the front flippers are 

 in relief; the cover is a long-i)ointed oval in outline and tits into the 

 side, thus differing from the ordinary method of fitting it either in the 

 upper or the under surface. 



Figure 3, plate lxii, illustrates a box, from Norton sound, represent- 

 ing a seal in flattened outline. The head is well made, the eyes and 

 nostrils being formed by inlaid pieces of ivory. The cover represents 

 another seal, the projecting head and neck forming the thumb piece 

 for raising it. The eyes and the nostrils are marked by ivory pegs. 



