174  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
Plate  57,  figures  9  and  10  (cut  23,  81  in.)  are  two  fragmentary 
wooden  rods  carefully  carved  and  painted  with  red  pigment,  over 
which  designs  in  black  were  applied;  the  latter  consisted  of  rows  of 
very  small  circles  between  heavy  V-shaped  figures.  The  painting  of 
wooden  objects  with  red  pigment  was  a  common  practice  with  the  Old 
Bering  Sea  Eskimos. 
Drying  rack. — Plate  57,  figure  22  (cut  19,  45  in.),  is  part  of  the 
wooden  frame  of  a  drying  rack.  The  wooden  slats  or  cross  pieces,  of 
which  figure  20  is  a  fragment,  were  set  in  deep  slots  along  the  edge 
averaging  2.5  cm  long,  .8  cm  wide  and  1  cm  deep.  One  complete 
wooden  slat  for  a  drying  rack  was  60  cm  long.  A  number  of  pieces 
of  such  slats  were  found  in  other  cuts  at  Miyowagh;  there  were  also 
several  questionable  fragments  from  the  Hillside  site. 
Plate  57,  figures  18  and  19  (cut  23,  32  in.  and  45  in.  deep),  are  two 
small  wooden  cylinders  2.7  and  2.2  cm  long  respectively ;  both  have 
a  groove  around  the  middle  containing  a  small  strand  of  baleen.  These 
objects  were  found  in  considerable  numbers  at  Miyowagh,  many  of 
them,  like  figure  19,  being  painted  red;  they  may  have  been  floats  for 
small  bird  snares  of  looped  baleen. 
Plate  57,  figures  11  and  13  (cut  24,  68  in.,  and  cut  18,  36  in.), 
are  pointed  and  slightly  curved  wooden  objects ;  use  unknown. 
Figures  14-16  (cut  18,  49  in.,  59  in.;  cut  28,  31  in.)  are  three 
more  wooden  objects  of  uncertain  use;  figure  15  is  painted  red. 
Plate  57,  figure  12  (cut  18,  36  in.)  is  flat  on  the  bottom  and  con- 
stricted at  center,  has  a  wooden  peg  in  one  end  and  a  small  piece  of 
wood  set  in  a  transverse  groove  at  the  opposite  end.    Figure  17  (cut 
23,  81  in.),  apparently  a  fragment,  has  a  small  piece  of  wood  inserted 
through  a  central  perforation.  Figure  21  (cut  18,  40  in.)  is  carved 
in  a  single  piece  and  is  possibly  one  of  the  end  pieces  for  the  frame- 
work of  a  toy  umiak. 
Drum  run. — A  small  section  of  a  drum  rim  is  shown  in  plate  57, 
figure  8  (cut  16,  46  in.).  It  is  of  wood,  1.9  cm  wide  and  has  a  con- 
tinuous groove  around  the  outer  side.  Pieces  of  drum  rims  were 
also  found  in  cut  9;  cut  18,  depth  44  inches;  cut  23,  ■/2  inches;  cut 
24,  25  inches ;  cut  25,  89  inches. 
Drum  handle. — Only  one  drum  handle  was  found  at  an  Old  Bering 
Sea  level  (pi.  55,  fig.  5 — cut  16,  23  in.).  Unlike  the  later  handles, 
this  one  is  carved  from  the  same  piece  of  wood  which  forms  the  rim. 
Enough  of  the  latter  was  found  to  show  that  the  diameter  was  around 
35  cm. 
In  plate  37,  figure  8,  is  shown  a  wooden  object  of  unknown  use, 
purchased  from  an  Eskimo  who  dug  it  up  at  Miyowagh.    It  is  28.5 
