32fi 



tliMi t 

 of the 



TllK rOINT BARKOW ESKIMO. 



„. iiiKiuv is meant to represent an unborn fetus. The wliole 

 body Is hollowed, the aperture taking up the wbole of the l)ut 

 ;,„d '( lose.l by a tlat. tliiek phig of soft wood. A round peg of 

 wood i> dmen in to dose <in aindentil 

 hole lust ibo\( the left shouldu The 

 bo\ is old and disi olou d uid ^^ oi n smooth 

 \Mth iinuh h mdlimr 



H.ikU these little woikboxt s au made 

 ot b^sK^t^^olK We obt lined font sped 

 Hit us ot these sm ill b iskets, ot vbidi 

 No -)G-)(.4 [ss] Fig > . uMl bi 1 It i-u 

 ma .una ipiiiiu), ^\Ill i m i ili '\ I 

 1 he net k is of blac k 

 iiubes louu, and his 

 the iniddl* of vlinh 

 dh ot a pie(C ol hiu 

 loiu "huh sii\es to tie up the moiitl 

 ihebisktl ai)i>eais to be made ot hue 



I ^eitual scam, to 

 IS seved tlu mid 

 seal thong, a foot 



>ii\es to tie up the 



ijipeais to be made 



tui_. Ol iioi^oltlK \\illo%\ \\ith tliL baik iemo\td iiid is made li\ 

 NMudin, m o-iei spiialh into the sliajie of the basket, and ^\l ippiii, 

 a naiiinv splint spn ilh aionud the two .idjatent p.iits of thi^ . idi 

 tuin of the si.lmt biin^ sepaiated tioiii the next b\ a turn of tht siu 

 (eiding tui rii( othei b.isket fiom I'tkLUWiu (No. .-)0-)f)T fl3>]) is 

 almost''e\.utl\ like this, but lugn (i"> luthes in di.imetei .»ud 2-i 

 hi^lD.aml Inshok-iound tlK top of tlie iie(ktoi the di aw stung 

 -iwi) l.i-kd^ tiom -sid nil .lu of thi sum niatni il llld^^olkm<ln 



I 1,111 ^..IIHUhlt hi, CI 111 

 , dllhlC III -h.|M IV .how 



I i_ ..(, N 



Mil- w I- th 





1. |,iol,ild\ nor 



il Mil- h I- . iM.,! MIX ^^^ ^^ __ 



atl.'iitioii to the fact tliat the '"'""' 



iiieth.idof weaving niiploycd in making these baskets is the same as 

 that nsci l.y tlie Apachrs ami Navajos. who have been shown t,, l,e 

 linguistically of the same stock as the Athabascan or Tinne group of 

 Indians of th,' N<,vrli. Tlie tirst basket cllect.Mi, No. r,mU [SS], was 

 said by the ouiMT t,, ha\c cmie from tlie--great river" ill the south. 

 Now. tlie nam.' Kuwnk or K,,wak, applieil to th.' western stream How- 

 iiig inr,, Ibitliam Inh't. means simply -givat river," and this is the 

 i-egioii where tlie l^skimo come into very intiiuate commercial rekitious 

 with In, bans ,.f Tinne st,),'k. ' Therefore, iu cousideratiou of the Indian 



1885. 



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