NELSON] BEADS AND EARRINGS 55 
The specimen from Chalitmut figured in plate xxrv, 6, is small and 
rounded; it is a little over half an inch in diameter, and has a rounded 
knob at each corner. The center has a black spot aud two concentric 
rings with spaced dots scattered around these and a dot in the middle 
of each corner projection. 
Another small set (plate xxiv, 8) from Chalitmut measures half an 
inch in diameter and is rudely oval in shape, with five small circles and 
dots arranged in the form of a cross on a slightly convex face. 
A single earring obtained from St Michael (number 129265) exhibits 
two circles, joined one below the other, and each having the front coy- 
ered with concentric rings with a piece of lead set in the center. There 
is a hole at the lower end for the attachment of a string of beads. 
A pair from Nulukhtulogumut (plate XXIv, 3) measure three-quarters 
of au inch in width. They are of the usual rounded pattern with pro- 
jecting corners, and with the center excavated and set with half ofa 
blue bead, which is surrounded by two concentric circles, the outer one 
having spur-like etched lines drawn from it to thé corner projections. 
Another example (plate xxiv, 4) from Kaialigamut, is three-quarters 
of an inch in diameter, with rounded outline and convex face, in which 
is set half of a large, amber-colored glass bead. 
In addition to the styles already described, the country between the 
lower Yukon and the Kuskokwim affords a considerable variety of these 
ornaments, upon whieh are carved the features of men, animals, and 
tunghit. These are usually oval in outline, measuring from half an 
inch to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, but some are oblong in 
Shape. A pair from Chalitmut (plate xxiv, 15) are square, with the 
features raised in relief in the center. 
A pair from Kushutuk (plate xxIv, 15) are each three-quarters of an 
inch in length and in shape represent a small seal. 
The ornamentation of the specimen from Cape Vancouver illustrated 
in plate XxIv, 16, represents the features of a tunghdk, and on another 
from the same locality (plate xxtv, 14) is shown the face of a short- 
ear owl. 
Northward from St Michael to Bering strait the earrings used are 
more oblong in shape, being longer and narrower in proportion; they 
are also less handsomely ornamented, and the entire workmanship is 
more crude. These measure from half an inch to an inch and a half 
in length and from an eighth to half an inch in diameter. 
An oblong, convex-face pair (plate xxtv, 19), from Sledge island, 
measure a little over an inch and a quarter in length and three-eighths 
of an inch in breadth, and have half of a large blue bead set in the 
front of each. Most of the earrings from this island have the faces 
crossed by deeply incised lines, although there were obtained one or 
two pairs which are perfectly plain. 
The specimen from Cape Vancouver shown in plate xXrv, 7, is a disk 
with a series of concentric circles on its face; another (plate xx1v, 11) 
