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face is the figure of a young walrus, which forms the lid and fits 

 stopper-like into an oval opening in the larger animal. The flippers 

 are carved in relief, and the eyes are represented by inlaid beads, those 

 of the larger walrus being red, those of the young one white. One of 

 the tusks of the larger animal is made of wood and the other of bone. 

 Those of the smaller walrus are both of bone. Another specimen 

 from Askinuk (figure 2C, plate lxxxvi) is a curiously grotesque box, 

 rather oval in shape, with two long, flipper-like projections on one end. 

 The cover rudely represents a seal-head turned up to form the thumb- 

 piece, while the neck and shoulders slope downward and have a 

 stopper-shape base which fits into an oval hole in the top of the box. ' 



A box from Anogogmut t^figure 9, plate lxxxvi) is egg-shape in out- 

 line and flattened above and below. It is carved from a single piece 

 of wood, except the stopper, which fits neatly into the top. Around 

 the sides are inlaid beads and circular bits of crockery, and a gored pat- 

 tern is cut in relief on the surface of the sides. This box, which is 

 apparently made of birch, is a very neat piece of workmanship. 



The handsomely carved box from Kulwoguwigumut (figure 13, plate 

 lxxxvi) is rather flat on its upper surface and oval on the other sides; 

 the cover, more or less square in shape, fits like a stopper into the upi)er 

 surface and has a projecting thumb-piece about half an inch long. 

 Holding this box with the cover downward it represents a grotesque 

 figure of a porcupine; the mouth is deeply incised; the eyes, formed by 

 ivory pegs, are in saucer-shape depressions witji incised crescentic 

 lines back of the eyes; the nostrils are indicated by small pieces of 

 ivory. On the rear side of the figure are three round-head ivory pegs 

 set in a triangle. 



A circular box from Kushunuk (figure 22, plate lxxxvi) is formed 

 of a band of spruce, with the overlapping ends beveled and fastened by 

 some kind of gum or cement; the. bottom is fitted into a groove in the 

 rim and the top is also neatly fitted. The cap of the box fits stopper- 

 like into the top and is slightly convex in outline, having the face of a 

 man carved in low relief on its upper surface. The eyes and labrets 

 are represented by round-head ivory pegs, and the mouth is a crescentic 

 incision with a hole in the center, through which is fastened a rawhide 

 loop, serving to lift the cover. 



A round wooden box from Sledge island (figure 25, plate lxxxvi) is 

 made in two nearly equal parts which fit together by an inner border on 

 the under half. It is cracked on one side and bound together by a 

 sinew cord. 



A small wooden box from Chalitmut (figure 18, plate lxxxvi) has the 

 form of a human head ; the face is carved in relief, the eyes and labrets 

 are represented by inlaid white beads; the mouth is deeply incised and 

 crescentic in form. In a groove which extends around the face are set 

 a series of round-head ivory pegs; the back of the bead has a hole 

 in which fits a cover with a projecting thumb-piece crossing a notch on 



