liKOW ESKIMO, 

 walrus II 



lioiiiv Of wli.Tlic 

 I Xuwuk)isanotlu 



>iit we (lid not Icarii 



• tiicrc was any story 



■n small 



d nits, tilled wi 



)nstcr, 3-!) inches 

 ; licid with lars'i' canine teeth, 

 and ii seal's body, tail, 

 and hind flipi)ei's. 

 , 1 The eyes, nostrils, 

 <j uill slits, the outlines 

 -/ of the tail, and the 

 / toes, of which there 

 ^'<-^J are six on each flip- 

 per, are incised and 

 blackened. A row of 

 dark colored dirt runs nearly 



O '^ 



Fij;. 411 iN(>..s'.(;i;{!t |10!i!il tVom \nwi1k) is anewlv made ivory flsure. 



which is intercstinji- tVoni its res< irdilain e I le of the fabulous anini.ils 



which lijiurc in the (Ireenland h f;eii(K. It is 1 mk lies loiij; and lepie 

 seuts a long-necked bear with ten Icn-^, an aiiiiii.il wliM h tlic inakei gave 

 us to understand had once 

 been seen at Point IJarrow. 

 The resemblance of tins ani 

 mal to the '• kiliojiak " or ■■ kilil- 

 vak " of the (ireenland stories, 

 wiiich is described as "an ani- 

 mal with six or even ten feet"' 

 is quite striking. 



Fig. 415 (No. S'JTS.', |1()S41 

 from Xuwuk) is another rep 

 le.scntation of the giant who 

 holds a whale in e,a(!h hand. 

 He was called in this instance 

 •■Kaioasn," and not ''Kikanii- 

 go.'' This image is carved 

 from very old jiale brown wal- 

 rus ivory, and is L'-.> inches 

 high. A transverse imised 

 line across each cheek from the wing of the nose, indicates the wliale- 

 iiian's tattoo mark of the luisteni fashion. The image is ancient, but is 

 mounted in a socket in the middle of a newly made wooden stand, 

 which has a broad border of ivil odier ami a broad streak of the same 

 paint along each diameter. 



Fig. 4Ui (No. 8!»;W(> |i;$(i9]) is a curious piece of carving, which Nika- 

 wdaln .said he found in one of the ruined houses on the river Kulugrua. 



..—Ivory cai'Ting, 



