102 Tm: POINT bakr<iw eskimo. 



t 111, ,1, led int., shapr. i-iit .inly oil tlic fd-cs and 

 _ ol iiilhi isdiiv.'ii tliroii-h the liaiidlc, I inch 



ts l.diiiKl sL'iviiii;- as a I k hy which to lian- 



il abiidat ThcotlKT two arc similar in sliapc 

 '»s '.1 [ IJ') 5] h IS no pc^;, and has one side of the handle 

 slight not! hi s to kce)) the hand from slijiiiing, while 

 ith( I sti luliti I and has a smaller, shallower bowl, 

 h iiidh ioiuIk lied with transverse grooves. Fii;;. 

 Is 1 hoiii di|ip(i,liut one that is very old and of a 

 pattern no longer in use. The bowl, 

 which is much broken and gapped, 

 I , oval and dee]., with a thick handle 

 it (.ne end, running out in the line 

 of the axis of the bowl. This handle, 

 wliich is tlie tliicli part of the horn, 

 near the ti]i, is tlat above, nuinded 

 below, and has its tiji slightly rounded, aiq.areiitly by a stone tool. 

 .lust where the Ih.wI and handle meet there is a deep transverse saw- 

 cut, made to facilitate l.<nding the haiiiUe into its ].lace. The material 

 is horn, ai.paiently of tlie mountain slice]., turned brown by age and 

 exposure. The specimen had been long lying neglected ri.imd the vil 

 lage of Utkiavwin. 



Horn dippers of the same general i.attern as these are common 

 throughout Alaska. The Museum collection contains a large series ol 

 such utensils, coUected by Mr. Nelson and others. The cuj.s and dij)- 

 pers of musk-ox In.rn tbund by Parry at Tglnlik are somewhat different 

 in shape.' Those made of the enlarged base of horn'^ have a short 

 liandh^ and a nearly sipiare bowl, w liile the holN.w top of the horn is 

 used for acupwitln.ut alteration bc>(ind sonietimes bending up the 

 end, which serves as a handle.' ('uiiousl\ enough, cups of this last 

 pattern appear not to be tbund anywhere else except at Plover Bay, 

 eastern Siberia, wlien^ very similar vessels (as shown by the INIuseum 

 collections) are made from the horn of the Siberian mountaiii sheep. 

 All unusual form of dipi.er is beautifully made of fossil ivory. Such 

 cu])s are rare and highly prized. \N'e saw <.nly three, one from each 

 village, Nuwuk, Utkiavwin, and Sidain, and all were obtained lor the 

 collection. They show signs of age and long use. They differ some- 

 what in shape and size, but each is carved from a single piece of ivory 

 and has a large bowl and a straight handle. No. 565.35 [371] (Fig. 40), 

 which will serve as the type of the ivory dij. per (i'miisyu, kilig\rii'garo), 

 is neatly carved from a single ].iecc of tine giaineil fossil i\<.ry, yel- 

 h.wed by age. The handle, polished by long use. terminates in a blunt, 

 recurved, tapering ho(.k, which serves the pur])ose of the peg in the 



' Second Voyage, p. 503. 



= Sec Fig. 26, plato opposite [i. 550. 



3 See Figs. 8 and 9, opposite p. 548. 



