wint( 



ph, 



els ot a similar ])atterii arc 



one piece being bent into the proper shape for the sides," are meutioued 

 by ("apt. Parry ou the west shore of Bafflus Bay,^ and "circular and 

 oval vessels of whalebone" were in use at Iglulik.^ This is the same 

 as the Greenlandic vessel called pertaK (a name which appears to have 

 been transferred in the form lii'tuno to the wooden meat bowl at Point 

 Barrow), " a dish made of a piece of whalebone bent into a hoop, wliich 

 makes the sides, with a wooden bottom inserted." ^ Xordenskiold 

 speaks of vessels of whalebone at Pitlekaj, but does not specify the 

 pattern.^ Whalebone dishes were used at Point Barrow, but at the 

 present day only small ones for drinking-cups are in general service. 

 One large dish was collected. (Fig. 18. No. 89850 [1199] ). 



A strip of whalebone 4 J inches wide is bent round a nearly circular 

 bottom of Cottonwood so as to form a small tub. The edges of the bot- 

 tom are chamfered to lit a 

 shallow croze in the whale- 

 1 )one. The overlapping ends 

 of the whalebone are sewed 

 together with a strip of 

 \\halebone in long stitches, 

 riiis dish is quite old and 

 miincgiiated with grease. 

 WsscK of this kind are un- 



loiiim and it is ^irobable 



that none have been made 



since whalebone acquired its 



l)resent commercial value. 



general use formerly, as when there 



iiie as at present it would be cheaper to 



to bny wooden ones. In corroboration 



t Dr. Simpson does not mention wooden- 



■s brought for sale by the Nnnataniniun." The 



Is will be described under drinking cups, which 



Tlu'V were verv 



IV in ninen nn 



til 



small whalebone 



'Franklin, 1st Exii. 

 'First Vuy., p. 280. 

 "Second Voy., p. 50! 



'Grmil. Ordbog., p. 293. 

 » Vegn, vol. 2, p. 124. 

 "Op. cit., p. 266. 



