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/)o»s._Thou<;h several dolls and various suits of miniature clothing 

 were niiule and brought over for sale, they do not appear to be p(ii)ular 

 witli the little girls. I do not reeolleet ever seeing a child i)laying with 

 a doll. Those in the collection, indeed, seem rather less intended for 

 playthings than as. so to speak, works of art to catch the t\incy of the 

 strangers. Such an object is No. S972S [1304] (Fig. 379 from Utkiavwin.) 

 This is a luiman head carved out of pine wood, and shouldered off at 

 the neck into a stout round peg, which is fitted into the middle of a 



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the samt^ wood, flat on the bottom and con- 

 vex on top. The head is dressed 

 in a neatly made hood of thin 

 deerskin with the flesh side cut 

 oft' round the shoulders and ex- 

 posing only the face. The face 

 is very neatly carved, and has 

 bits of green oxidized copper 

 inlaid for the eyes. The cheeks, 

 gums, and inside of the mouth 

 are colored with red ocher, and 

 the hair, eyebrows, and beard 

 with black lead. The top of the 

 pedestal is painted red and di- 

 vided into eight equal parts by 

 shallow grooves colored with 

 black lead. The height of the 

 whole object is 4i inches, and 

 the workmanship is remarkably 

 good. 



No. S9827 [113S] (from Utkiav- 

 win), on the other hand, is very 

 ii -( 11 II roughly and carelessly made. It 



is lS-2 inches long, roughly whit- 

 tle d out ol 1 ll It piu I (it 1 edw ood bo ird into the shape of a man with his 

 legs w idc ip n t >nd liolduu up his h aids on each side of his head. The 

 iims ue\en shoit indbioid w ith five fingers all nearly of the same 

 length md tlie U^^ ue snnph two straight four-sided pegs rounded on 

 the cd^ts It is dusked in i hood( d frock of seal gut reaching to the 

 kntts md h u in., oiil\ the f ice iiid hands uncovered, and has sealskin 

 kn( e boots on tlu le^s 1 lit t ice l^ i udely in relief, with two narrow bits 

 ot i\oi\ ml ud loi eves md i long canine tusk of the same material 

 nis( 1 1( d 111 ( i( h ( 01 nei ot the mriuth, Three small round bits of wood 

 in ml ud m the fou lu id, om in the middle and one over each eye, and 

 oiu m tilt ii„ht (luck d)o\( tht toiner of the mouth. The gut frock 

 Is ( IK 1( s^h ill i(l( ol II r( gul 11 pi( ( ( s It is trimmed round the bottom 

 and tin tdge of tht hood with i ^tiip of dogskin, but is left with a raw 



