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site of an old village near 8t Michael. It is slightly different in pat- 

 tern from either the stone or the metal bowls. It is very old, ante- 

 dating the arrival of the Eussians on the shore of Xorton sound. 



A wooden-stem pipe from Cape Prince of Wales (figure 95) has a 

 small brass bowl. Pipes of this shape are occasionally seen between 

 Norton sound and Kotzebue sound. 



Figure 1, plate lxxxix, represents an ivory-stem jiipe with a 

 stone bowl which was obtained at St Michael. The stem is diamond- 

 shape in cross section, and has its surface elaborately etched. On 

 one side a series of umiaks and kaiaks are pursuing a walrus; on the 

 other side are reindeer that have just crossed a river, and a man in a 

 kaiak has thrown a spear into the back of the last one as it emerges 

 from the water, while at the farther end a man is shooting another with 

 an arrow. On the remainder of the surface is a series of conventional 

 designs. 



Another handsomely etched ivory pipestem (figure 3, plate lxxxix) 

 was obtained at Norton sound. On the side shown in the illustration 

 are various hunting scenes in which are whales, walrus, and seals, and 



Fig. 95 — Pipe from Capo Prince of Wales (J). 



a man is shooting with a bow and arrow just in front of a kashim in 

 which peoi)le are dancing to the music of a drum. 



The handsomely etched pipestem shown in plate lxxxix, 2, was 

 obtained in Kotzebue sound by Lieutenant Stoney. It has the raven 

 totem marks near the mouthpiece, and a variety of hunting and other 

 scenes of Eskimo life, besides various conventional designs, over its 

 surface. Another handsome pipe (figure 4, plate lxxxix) was also 

 obtained at the same i)lace by Lieutenant Stoney. Tlie leaden bowl 

 has an old clock-wheel inlaid in the top of the flaring rim. Like the 

 preceding, the stem has the raven totem mark near the mouthinece, 

 and is elaborately etched with scenes from the life of the i^eople, among 

 which are the hunting and trapping of game and fish, dancing iu the 

 kashim, and playing football. 



TOBACCO BAGS 



With the pipes are carried small, round-bottom tobacco bags, made 

 from various kinds of ornamental fur or skin, the borders often having 

 handsome patterns formed by different colored skins, fur, or beadwork 

 tassels. The top is generally bordered by strips of fur of the wolverine, 

 jnink, or other animal, or sometimes by a band of ornamental needle- 

 work. 



