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iMid Kacl. riiis is made by donbliiiy a ]oug i-icie of twine so that the 

 two parts are c-(iiial, passiiij;' one end through tin- bi-ht and knotting- it 

 to tlie other. Tlie box and cover seem to have been painted inside and 

 out with red oeher. On tlie outside this is mostly faded and worn off 

 and covered with dirt, but inside it has turned si dark brown. Fig. 1046 

 (No. 89S,-)8 [i;Jl!t]. IVom Utkiavwin,) is a simOar box, 21-1 inches long. 

 Tlie cover is held on by a string passing over little hooked ivory studs 

 close to the edge of the box. There were origiuaUy five of these studs, 

 two at each end and one in the middle of one side. The string started 

 from one of these studs at the pointed end. This stud is broken and 

 the string fastened into a hole close to it. To fasten on the cover the 

 string was carried o\'(«- and hooked under the opposite stud, then 

 crossed over the cover to the middle stud, then across to the end stud 

 on the other side, and the loop on the end hooked onto the last stud. 



No. S98,5!» [VMS] is a, smaller box (19 inches long) of the same pat- 

 tern, with only four s| ads. The cover has three large blue glass beads, 



like those used for labrets, inlaid in a line .doiig the middle. No. 89858 

 [11111, from Utkiavwifi, is the shape of the type, but has a thicker 

 cover and six stud holes in the margin. No. 89861 [1151], Fig. lC5a, 

 ft'om the same place, is shaped something like a violin case, 22-2 inches 

 long. The cover has been split and "stitched" together with whale- 

 bone, and a crack in the broader end of the box has been neatly mended 

 '•.V pegging on, with nine little wooden treenails, a strap of reindeer 

 antler of the same width as the edge and following the curve of its 

 outline. Tliere are torn- studs, two at each end. The string is made 

 fast t<t one at the smaller end, carried over to the opposite one, then 

 crossed to the oi)posito stud at the other end and back under the last 

 one, a biglit of the end being tucked under the string between the two 

 lastiiientioned studs. Tiic string is made of sinew braid, rope-yarns, 

 and a long jiiece of seal thong. It w as probably at lirst all of sinew 



