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nil.NT ISAKKOW ESKIMO. 



l-i:;], from Utkiavwifi) is a handle of dittereut material (reindeer antler) 

 and of somewhat ditfo'ciit pat tern. One end is neatly carved into an 

 excet'diii^ily accurate iiiia^e of the head of a reindeer which has shed 



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Fig. 170.— Bag handles. 



II- mil. I- uilh Miull bliu III ads ml lid for the eyes. The back of the 

 ii iiidit i> oiii nut iit((l with 111 iiiciMil pattern colored with red ocher. 

 \\e\\(i( told th.it such h.iiidks \mic sometimes titted to the wooden 

 lull k(ts. hut I IK M I sn\ one so us( d 



No s'lTMs |107".| I u ITl Is a h^y of rather unusual pattern, the 

 oiiU oiii ol tin kind \\t siw lli( l)()ttom is a single round piece, 9 

 inches in diameter, of what seems 

 to be split skin of the bearded 

 seal, flesh side out, and the rest 

 of the bag is of white- tanned 

 seal leather. The sides are of 

 five broad pieces (6, 4J, 4, 5i, and 

 5 inches broad at the bottom, re- 

 sjiectively, narrowing to L'i, 1^, 

 1^, 2, and 2.J, respectively, at 

 the top), alternating with five 

 J / ^ V ^m straight strij)s, respectively IJ, 



\^»K-._^v^_ ,,^SB 1' -'^i' I4) ^'^^ ^h. inches bi'oad. 



The edges of these strips overlap 

 the edges of the broad pieces, 

 and are neatly stitched with two 

 tine ids, as on tla soks ot (Ik w itd proof boots. The outer thread, 

 will, h Is taught 111 the loop ..t L 1. 1, Mitch of the other, is a slender fila- 

 int lit ol black w luik boiu 1 Ins juoduces a sort of embroidery. The 

 ni.k 1-, stitched to thi bii,' with the same seam, but the hem at the 

 iiDiith Is iiKuh iim" i„mi.l with smew. This ba 

 ill tools iiidsiiiuhi uti.ks. 



hol.h 



was probably for 



