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oue of which terminates iu the head and fore-legs of a white bear and 

 the other in the tail and hind-flippers of a ?eal. 



Plate Lxvi, 12, from Sledge island, is a four prong ivory rod, with 

 white-bears' heads carved upon two of the points and a seal's head on 

 another; the fourth point terminates in a ring in which is linked a 

 pendant representing the head and shoulders of a seal. 



Piute LXVI, 2, from Cape Nome, is a small ivory handle, pierced with 

 a hole at one end, which forks and terminates in two holes on the other 

 end. On one side is carved in relief the form of a seal, and on. the 

 other the form of a white bear. 



Plate LXVI, 17, is a handle, fashioned in tlje form of a white-bef^r's 

 head, with blue beacls inlaid for eyes. The two cords form one loop, 

 projecting from the bear's mouth, and on the other side they jiroject 

 from separate holes at the rear. 



Plate LXVI, 11, from Sledge island, is an ivory image of a seal, with 

 a hole through the back, in which is fitted an ivory pin, terminating 

 above in the figure of a seal's head. To the lower end is attached the 

 cord forming the loop. 



Plate LXVI, 5, from the Diomede islands, is a handle made of a bar of 

 ivory, an elongated oval in outline, with a convexity near each end on 

 the lower side and slightly excavated within. In the middle of this 

 excavation is a hole, through which passes the cord forming a loop. 

 On tlie upper side the cords pass through holes in two figurines of 

 seals, which rest with their heads down against the outer borders of 

 the bar. 



Plate LXVI, 8, from Sledge island, has carved on one end the head of 

 a seal and on the other that of a white bear. 



Plate LXVI, 10, from Kotzebue sound, is in the shape of the head of a 

 white bear, represented as holding a seal crosswise in its mouth; i^ is 

 pierced lengthwise on the under side for the passage of a cord. 



Plate LXVI, 7, from Kotzebue sound, is an elongated bar, with a 

 seal's head on each end. The handle is surrounded by eight series of 

 etched parallel lines. 



Plate LXVI, 3, from Cape Prince of Wales, has four images of seals 

 carved in high relief on the small ivory center through which the cord 

 passes. 



Plate LXVI, 13, from Nubviukhchugaluk, is a handle in the form of a 

 white-bear's head, represented as holding a stick crosswise in its mouth, 

 and just back of this, carved from a separate piece, the head of a seal. 



FISHING AXD FISHING I^IPLEMEISTTS 



METHODS OF FISHING 



Fishing forms one of the main sources of food supply among the 

 western Eskimo, and in its pursuit a variety of methods and imple- 

 ments are employed. The fishing season along the coast of Norton 

 sound opens about the end ot March or early in April of each year; at 



