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bottom  is  held  securely  in  place  by  four  long  stitches  of  the  same 
strip  of  baleen,  which  passes  in  and  out  through  four  rather  widely 
spaced  splits  in  the  wood.  The  bottom  is  set  about  i  cm  above  the 
lower  edge  of  the  baleen,  resting  in  a  shallow  groove  which  extends 
all  the  way  around.  Most  of  the  baleen  vessels  from  Miyowagh  and 
the  few  others  from  the  Hillside  site  diiTer  from  this  one  in  that  the 
baleen  stitching  which  holds  the  ends  together  is  narrower  and  is 
set  in  a  narrow  shallow  groove ;  occasionally  there  is  a  double  row  of 
stitching.  Some  vessels  were  made  higher  by  having  another  band 
of  baleen  of  the  same  size  attached  to  the  lower  one. 
Wooden  bottoms. — Three  wooden  bottoms  for  baleen  vessels,  from 
houses  nos.  i  and  2,  Hillside  site,  are  shown  in  plate  54,  figures  1-3. 
The  first  of  these  was  attached  to  the  upper  part  of  the  vessel  by 
means  of  loops  of  baleen,  one  at  either  end  ;  the  three  circular  holes 
along  the  left  edge  and  the  one  opposite  were  made  to  hold  the  pieces 
together  after  they  had  split.  Plate  54,  figures  2  and  3,  were  attached 
in  the  same  manner  as  plate  53  as  shown  by  the  remaining  slits  and 
pieces  of  baleen  lashings.  Plate  54,  figure  3,  which  is  thicker  than  the 
others,  has  a  small  wooden  peg  set  in  the  edge  which  no  doubt  helped 
to  hold  the  bottom  in  place. 
Handles  of  ivood  or  bone. — Some,  at  least,  of  the  baleen  vessels 
had  handles  of  wood  or  bone,  of  which  the  three  shown  in  plat.e  47, 
figures  2-4,  are  examples.  The  first  of  these,  from  cut  27i,  depth  72 
inches,  is  of  whale  bone ;  it  is  widened  at  the  middle  and  a  decorative 
effect  is  provided  by  four  rather  deeply  cut  lines ;  figures  3  and  4  (cut 
25,  89  in.,  and  cut  2,  40  in.)  made  of  a  walrus  rib  and  wood,  respec- 
tively, are  undecorated. 
Wooden  z'essels. — Two  fragments  of  wooden  vessels  from  the  Hill- 
side site  are  shown  in  plate  54,  figures  4,  5.  The  first  is  crudely  made, 
with  thick  uneven  sides  and  bottom ;  it  seems  to  have  been  narrow  and 
rather  shallow.  Figure  5  shows  better  workmanship,  the  cutting  being- 
smooth  and  even  on  both  sides.  The  bottom  has  a  thickness  of  about 
5  mm,  the  rim  of  about  7  mm.  There  are  three  small  pits  along  the 
rim  which  appear  to  be  intentional.  From  Miyowagh  there  are  several 
fragments  of  long,  trough-shaped  wooden  vessels. 
Objects  ok  B.vleen 
Baleen  was  relatively  scarce  at  the  Hillside  site.  Besides  the  baleen 
vessels,  the  collection  contains  several  toboggan  cross  pieces,  and  a 
larger  number  of  knots,  strands  and  fragments  of  various  sizes,  but 
nothing  approaching  the  quantities  of  this  material  found  at  Miyowagh 
and  the  later  sites.    The  same  was  true  of  whale  bones,  onlv  a  verv 
