3(5^ I'lii: roiNT harrow Eskimo. 



ill haviiifi the outer coiiieis of tlie eyes nither dei)ressed, aud iu ad- 

 dition to'^tlic iiioii'^taehe iiiid imperial has a broad " whaleman's mark" 

 (li.iwii with l)l.icK lend aciovs the eve^. It is grooved round the edge 

 tor lasleniiig mi .1 hood. Tiic low, 1 init of the face has been split off 

 at ihi' rorii('i> ol' the mouth .imi im inii'il on with two stitches of whale.- 

 1.011c, aud a piece which wa> hroUcn out at the left-hand corner of the 

 mouth i>, m'cummI by a wooden peg at the inner edge and a stitch of 

 wiialclx lie on I lie lowci side. This mask has been for a hmg time 

 fa•^t( III il to ,111 oiii.imi nil il wooden gorget, and appeared to liave been 

 i'\pii-((l In till' \\i ailiei. peih.ips at till' cemetery. The string is made 

 ,,l unii^ii ill\ -loiil smew hiaid. 



Mil- K iii.iiiiiiiL; loin .mciciit human masks are all masculine, and only 

 ,„„• 111- iii\ iiiilK.iiion of lahiels. On this mask, No. 89812 [lOtiS], 

 I licit- .lie I wo -111. ill holes in the position of the labrets. It is probable 

 ih ii ihe wiMiei- ol Ihe-c masks are suppo.sed to represent the ancient 

 i;-KiMio, who woie no labrets. A nuisk \\hich was carelessly made for 

 sah'^No. Sil.sU [1().">(I1 from I'tkiavwin), however, has large plug-labrets 

 carved (mt. Though roughly carved this mask 

 is a very characteristic Eskimo face, and would 

 almost pass as the portrait of a man of our 

 acipiainlaiice in T'tkiavwin, The two little 

 roughly carved human faces on the top of 

 this mask are probably merely for ornament. 

 Xo such things aie to be seen on any of the 

 old ni.isks which have been actually used. 

 I his in.isU seems to have been whittled out of 



the boiiii f an old meat tray, aud has a 



stiinu ol whalebone. Most of the genuine 

 masUs .lie (if excellent workmanship, but two 

 ''"' "•^-•""^'""-'i"'-""-'- .J,.,, (juite loughly carved. One of these espe- 

 cially is such a bungling piece of work that it would be set down as 

 commercial wcie il not weathered and evidently old. The painting 

 111 \i 1 i;ocs l.irilici 111. Ill marking out the beard and eyebrows with soot 

 01 bl.icU lead, .mil soMietiiiK^R reddening the cheeks with ocher. Fig. 

 .'.(is \,,. sD.sk; |I.">s;i i'loiii I'tki.nwTn is a very old mask of cotton- 

 woi.il. bl.icUene.l wiili .141 .iml -o iikIcIn <-ai\ed that the work was prob- 

 ,il>l\ iloiic wilh a sioMc tool, li 1- uiooxcil aiouiid the edge for fastening 

 on a hood ami is (l-.s in, lie- Uma. 



The only female human masks -rcii aie new and made for sale. One 

 of t hesc ( No. ,s<»,Sl!) 1 1().".7 1, Fig. IW.), 1 1 1 .m I ' t k lav win) is roughly whittled 

 from the bottom of an old m(>at tray, and has the hair, eyebrows, and 

 a single line of tal toning on the chin painted with soot. It is S-7 inches 

 long and has strings of whalebone. 



.Vnolhci (No. ,-.(il<»,S [73] from lTtki,i\ w in , is about tlie size of the 

 coiiimoii iii.isks ,iii<l tolerabl\ well made. Il has the hair aud eyebrows 

 maikeil with bl.ick le.id. The last is afoot long, and like the one fig- 



