m;iNKi\(i vr.ss 



101 



bono ill tlic usual way. Trays ami dislics of lliis sdil arr 



Whalrhonr Cup ', T nnixiiin.—ihu- n{ tlic .■oniin.ai.'sl Inniis ,,r drink in- 

 Vfssrls is a littl.^ tuli ol' wlial.^hoiic of iiivcisriy llic same sinipc as the 

 lai-v whal.'l.onr disli .Irsciihrd al.,,vc (p. ss,. or tin'sc tlicic aru live 

 spc.-iiiicMs in rhc c-ollccticn.all Irnni Ut- 



kiavw in. X... .s'.is.-,;! \v.'^v^\ ( I'^ju-. ;;t) win ^^ ^i ^ _ ___^_ 



scrvi- as the type. It is Mi inclics lono- I^^^^^^I^./' . ""^3^ 

 and inadf l.y hiniliii,-;- a striji ot hla<-k 

 wlialclinnr r.mnd a sprinr l.onom. and 



s.'win- to-.-tlM-r the rnds. wlii,-li -ivcr ^■•" '^ jft 



la|. ea(di otlirr about 1 .1 mcln's. with ^ "" *' ' 



coarse strips of wlialil)oiic. 



There are two vntifal scams tliivc- 

 fourths iiK-h apart. The hortoiii is li.dd 

 in by fittiii.u its sli,i;htly cliaiiitVrcd cdK'' 



into a shallow croze cut in the whalebone. .Ml these eu]is are made 

 almost exactly alike, and n.-arl\- of tlie same si/,e. varyiu.i;- only a iVae 



only variation is in the distance the ends o\eila|i and the number of 

 stitches in the seams. Such cups are to be Ibund in ncail)' every house, 

 and one is .u-cnerally kept conveniently nearfhe water bu<-ket. Thou.uh 

 the pattern is an ancient on.', they are still manufactured. No. ".(r.tio 



[(i."".4] was found anion- tiu' 

 ^^^5i^ debris of one of the luined 



t/'V^'?^ houses at Utkiavwin, and 



differs from the modern 

 J cups only in havin- the 



\ ^>i^ -^ ends sewed to-.Ther with 



\ *^-V- _^ „„,. seam instead of two, 



} tnal use, was made after 



^v our arrival, as the bottom 



is made of a ])iece of one of 



II., .^ -limn, I,,,. I our I'i.uar lioxes. 



Dippeisot lioiu aie III \ei\ -eiiei al use for driidciii- water. These 



aie all ot essentialh the same sha|.e. and are made of th.' li-lit yellow 



tiansjucent lioin ot the mountain sheep. There are three siiecimens in 



oui coIUm tion, of \\ hi. h N.>. "Wm.U [-'.sj (Fig. 3S) lias been seleete.l as the 



type. This i.s made of a single piece of pale yellow translucent horn, 



I Sc- for example Cmnt? Mil 1 p 144 (7rcLuUn.i, Parry, 2d. Voy.. p. 3U3, IgluUk: and Hooper 



■uls itc p 170 Plo^tl B.1J 



'Bessi Is, Naturalist Sept IsM p h61 



