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was obtained on one of the Diomede islands. The large wooden shuttle 

 from Cape Vancouver (figure 8, plate lxxiii) has two sides made of 

 separate pieces, which are held together by crossbars which pierce the 

 sides at the bottom of each notch. The inside is excavated to forn" 

 two long, triangular borders. 



Figure 21, plate lxxiii, represents a large, rather broad, wooden 

 shuttle from Nunivak island. It has a flat groove extending between 

 the notches. 



The wooden shuttle shown in figure 10, plate lxxiii, is from Paimut, 

 as is also that shown in figure 9 of the same plate, which is made of 

 one piece with two long openings in the middle. 



The specimen from Norton sound (figure 22, plate lxxiii) is a large 

 wooden shuttle used in making nets for capturing seals and white 

 whales. 



The deerhorn shuttle from Nulukhtulogumut (figure 16, plate lxxiii) 

 contains some fine, twisted sinew cord. 



A long, narrow, wooden shuttle from Sabotnisky (figure 15, plate 

 lxxiii) has the two ends lashed with sinew cord to prevent the wood 

 from splitting; wound upon it is some fine cord made from the twisted 

 inner bark of the willow. The large wooden shuttle from the lower 

 Yukon (figure 17, plate lxxiii) is also filled with cord made from mate- 

 rial similar to that in the preceding specimen. 



The shuttle from St Lawrence island (figure 12, plate lxxiii) is made 

 of whalebone in the shape of an arrowpoint, with the center excavated, 

 leaving a long, tongue-like point projecting from the base toward the 

 tip. Another shuttle (figure 11, plate lxxiii) from the same locality 

 is filled with well-made, twisted sinew cord. 



Figure 13, plate lxxiii, represents a shuttle, obtained on the coast of 

 Japan by General Capron, which is similar in pattern to the preceding. 

 The Eskimo of eastern Siberia and of St Lawrence island must have 

 derived the pattern of their shuttles from farther south, and the 

 imported design thus replaced the ordinary kind in use among their 

 relatives of the islands of Bering strait and the American shore. 



Figure 7, plate lxxiii, represents a long, wooden, netting needle, 

 tapering toward both ends, with a large hole in the middle; it is used 

 for mending the broken meshes of nets. The double-point ivory net- 

 ting needle from Askinuk (figure 4, plate lxxiii) is similar in shape to 

 the preceding. 



The ivory netting needle, pierced at one end, shown in figure 6, plate 

 lxxiii, was obtained at Cape ]!^^onie. The large, curved needle of deer- 

 horn represented in figure 5, plate lxxiii, is from the lower Yukon. 



Figure 3, plate lxxiii, from Ukagamut, and figure 1 of the same plate, 

 from Kushunuk, represent small needles used in mending the meshes 

 of small nets. A needle from St Michael (figure 2, plate lxxiii) is 

 somewhat similar to the preceding, but has a hole near the center 

 instead of near one end. 



