6 AMERICAX MrSKUM Cl'ini'- l.KAFLF.TS 



atlvantr. Accortlin«; to tin- iiiytli. ilisasttr woulil come if he should 

 succeed in catchint; her. f(»r with hi> eiuliiace wouhl coiiie the end ot all 



tliinir>- 



This h-p'ii<l of the >iiii and the nioon lia> many variations among the 

 Eskimo i)eo])le an<l is sometimes termed the Sedna ( "vele, Sedna also 

 sipiifviiii; the sun. It is possihle that we havi- here not only an alletjory 

 of the <rreat Arctic day and niirht. l>nt al>o tiie proof that there has taken 

 root in Eskimo ima«;ination the idea of man's search after the nnatiain- 



Copyrioht IffOS by Fnink WHIhtI Stokts. 



POLAR BEAR AT BAY 



IVnin till- |>:iilitilitr i>ll the N'nilh \\:ill. 



Tlie ri<;ht portion of the paintin;:. reahstic in the cMrenif. repre- 

 sents the twilight I.efiire the a|)proaeh of ilie long night . die (haniatie 

 interest resting in an eneoimler lieiwecn an IvsUium hiinler ami a jH.lar 

 hear. 'I'he himter has left his shdge and. accompanied hy his team, has 

 f(»llowed in the chase. He has nscd his arrows and is now near enough 

 to give it thrust with his hinee. the luar's alleiiiion luing hel.l hy the 

 • lojjs. 



Thai |iart <.f the |)aintingal thecMn-me h-ft tells the Eskimo's meihnd 

 of stalking pre\ . In tin- f<»regronnil <>n an iee-lloe a linnler. liaipiHUi in 

 hand, is crawling slowlv towanl Iwn ring seals, which lie hasking in the 



