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MCKDocB.j i.AHty-;Ts. 



first to recognizt' that tin' disks were m; 



writers .speak of tlu-ni as made of walins i 

 There are still at Point {'.arrow a few lali 



such as are said to ha\c I.i'imi worn in the 



very rarely put on, Imt arc ottcn larricd 1 



amulets. All that w.- saw wnv of liglir - 



polished. I obtained one spiTinicn. No. 



Barrow Kept., Ethnolo<.y. I'l. v. Fii;. 1 ,. a t 



translucent, polished jade I'-ti inclits loni 



0-8 wide at the eud.s, with the outer face s 



i.s an oblong stud with rounded ends, slig 

 Labrets of this material and pattern do 



where. Beechey saw one In Ivotzebue 8oii 



and there is a large and handsome one in 



NeLson from the lower Yukon. A simi 



ceived from Kotzebue Sound. 



Fig. 94, No. 80712 [lli:')!. f,,.,,, .^idarn i 



inches long and lA bioad.l.nt made <.! 



carved and ground 



.smooth. It shows 



some signs of having 



been worn. There 



are marks out lie stnd 



where it api.ears to 



lia\e been inbl.ed "" '"' '"■■.■- i-.'-t „n,one. 



ag.uiist the teetli.and it i- |.iol)<il)l\ genuine. The purclia.se of this 



specimen api 'nth --t.nicd the nianntai tine of bone labrets at ['tki- 



avw in, where no 1 c i.il.i . t -. old oi new.li.id |.rcvionsl\ been seen. 



p^ir several da\- .illei ucLoii-lit tli. -pe< ini. n from Sidarn tire natives 



<-ontiliued tol.i'ii_ o\M ii. iM 1 I . Ill alls,, newlyandelmnsilymade 



ill. it we declined to imrchase 

 iii_\ more than four s|)eciiiiens. 

 Vbotil the same time they began 

 to make oblong labrets out of 

 soapstone (a material wliieli we 

 never .saw used for genuine la- 

 Fw '.s-oi.t,.,,,!,!,,,!,,! -,Mi-f.»- brets), like Fig. 93, No. .s!»7(l7 



[1215]. The imrchase of three specimens of tlic.se started a whole- 

 sale manufacture of them, and we stopped purchasing. 

 The oblong labret api.cais to have been still iufashiim as late as ISL'ii, 



for Elson saw many of the men at Point Barrow weariug <.blong labrets 



of bone (//. No. 89711! [Uti!»| and stone, 3 inches long and 1 broad." I'n- 



fortuiiateiy, he does not specify whether they were worn in pairs or 



i v-.,v,.«- „ lis 'Beeclie.vs V.iy.. p.:iii8. 



