404 

 as thi 



rilK TDINT BARHOW 



5KIM0. 



si-epta little 

 1 is almost uti f 

 i,.\v. I'i--. l(»s 

 scntatioii of a v 



IV,,iu Niiwfik, (No. Sli.v;;? [itso]) 2 inches long, 

 liiiiature of the i)i'e('('(liii,t;-. This sixM-imen is 

 S!t.V.7 |1L'(>71 from rtkiav\\Tro is a rnde fat 

 seen from above. It i^ .">-ii inches long aud 



roughly wliittU'd out of the hottom of an old stone pot. The flippers 



arel.iige and cluiuM . and the spiracles slightly incised. The specimen 



api)ears to he old, as does a similar one from Niiwuk (No. 89559 [1188«,]). 



No. 895."')S |li.'(i<!l from Ttkiavwlii, and No. 89572 from Nuwuk, both 



flat images, are carelessly made 



lor sale. The latter is simply 



a representation in soapstone 



of the conventional "whale's 



tail" with the " small" cut off 



t< I an angular point. No. 89325 



1 1100] from Utkiavwiii is a 



at belly, 4-1 inches long, freshly carved 



d in oil to make it look old. The eyes, 



iioutli arc iiK-ised and hlled in with dark 



>P 



dk 



None of the ivory carvings of whales have any special artistic merit. 

 Fig. 409 (No. 89323 1 1024«] from Nuwuk) is the best of these. It is a 

 little better in design and execution than the preceding, which it re- 

 sembles considerably. It is the female of a pair of little whales made 

 of old brown WMlrus ivory, which is much cracked. The male diflers 

 from the female only in the shape of the external _^. _ g 



sexual organs, the luale having a little round pit ^mirMimrf^'"* ' " Ti 

 and the temale a long sulcus. This, as well as the ficj. 4111. -ivmy image of 

 eyes, spiracles, and outline of the mouth, is incised 

 and filled in with dark colored dirt. The female is 3-1 inches long, the 

 male (No. S9324 (1024/;]) 0-1 inch longer. These specimens appear to be 

 fpiite ancient. 



I-lg. 410 (No. Sii;i2ti |1()S(;| fnim Nuwfik) is very long and slender— 

 4-.'5 inches long and only 0-7 inch wide — with the belly perfectly flat, 



