8 AMERKAX MUSFAWf cl'lUK LKAFLKTS 



paiiitiiii: on tlir north wall. Tlif tlirrc |);tncls on the t-ast wall continue 

 [)ictnn'> of Iv^kinio iitV a> it i:of> on duriiit: the Arctic ni<;ht. 



Tlic first of the panels j^ives a view of In*,deHeI(l (uilf, which l»y 

 Noxcnilter is well frozen over. In the fore^fround to tlu' rii^ht an 

 Innnit Mcnika^hoo) is euttin;; ujt pieces of meat and tVedin<,f hi.s 

 team after a hunting' trij). The .sledi;e lies to tiie left, and jnst ht-yond 

 is an Imiuit woman with her babe carried on her back in a j)ouch. Such 

 a pouch is made of fox skin and is a part of the hooded iip|)ei- ii.arnient. 

 The head and ^houldci-^ of the child are covci'cd i»v soft fox skin, but the 

 rest of it^ body lies naked aijaiust the mother's bare back and so is kej)t 

 warm. The child is secured in the j)ouch by a sinew which pa.s.ses around 

 ilN bo<iy and around the upper |)ail of the mother's waist. 



.\ liitle Iniiuit boy stands liv hi> luodier, walchinix his phiymate, an 

 Kskimo pu|)i)y. inunediately to the rij^du is the stone-l)uilt entrance of 

 the i;,doo, or winter residence, which, ])artly covered with snow, is itself 

 .seen dii't'ctly behind the (i;;ures. riie >eal-entrail window of the i;j,loo 

 reveals a pale li>;ht from tlu- lamj) within, a lamj) which nuist serve the 

 |>nrpo-e'> (»f li<,dltin^^ heating, eookin<; ami drvin<j: for the whole familv. 



Heyond ill the middle distance to the left i> a bav, il> shore co\ered 

 with >now which i^ about three inches in deplli al tlii> season. Hcvond 

 the bay is a l»>n<j; low promontory stretchiu<; into the sea, a N(»vembi'r sea, 

 completely fi'ozcn ovi'r and with an iccberii; fro/en into it. The stai's are 

 liriiliant in die >ky. while mountain, sea and >horc are enshrouded in 

 rii-h oiani:e li;,dil from a ^iiii that is ^raduallv rcccdiui;". 



1 lu ('iiitnil I'diiil Walrus IIiinliiK/ in FclirKdn/. 



The east central panel re])rcsents a l-'cbruary scene on the ice of 

 Maflin May, which is never coni|ilclely fi-o/,cn over. The llamini: colors 

 of die Aurora Hoi-cilis fill die sk\ and are relleeie.j l.\ ihc ice. Ill ihcir 

 wcii-d li^'ht is made visible the attack of an liinuil liunler upon a lar<fe 

 waliiis, one of a j^'roiip of ihn-e in the ceniial forcirroimd of die picture. 

 In the immediate fore;rroim<l lo die ii;,dil a bull w;ili-iis is just eiiicri^nm; 

 from (he water. There i-, no look of fear in llie aiiimars doi^-like e\-e, 

 since he has mil yii eau;,dit si;,dil of the hnnler. 



In the .\rctics the b:irkin^' of walrus can be liear<l foi- miles. W hen 

 lli<- Iniiiiil hiiiiler hears it, he may hitch six t,y eiirjit du^s to his sledire 



