58 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT (ETH. ANN. 18 
beads into club-shape rolls hanging down to the shoulders or even over 
the breast. Very often the strips of fur worn are those of the animal 
representing the family totem, and when wrapped about the hair in this 
manner they indicate the gens to which the woman belongs. 
South of the Yukon mouth the women are especially fond of orna- 
menting the pendent rolls or braids of hair by hanging bands and 
strings of beads upon them with ivory ornaments attached, some of 
which are figured. They usually represent the faces of animals or of 
grotesque semihuman creatures. The ornament from Big lake illus- 
trated in plate xxv, 1, is of ivory and represents the face of a wolf. 
Another (plate xxv, 2), from Konigunugumut, represents a grotesque, 
semibuman face. On one from the lower Kuskokwim (plate Xxy, 3) 
there is a representation of a human countenance, while one from 
Agiukchugumut (plate xxv, 4) shows also a grotesque face. Another 
specimen from Big lake (plate xxv, 6) is ornamented with a conven- 
tional pattern. : 
Combs used by the Eskimo for the hair are made by cutting slots in 
the straight edge of flat or slightly curved pieces of deerhorn, walrus 
ivory, or bone. 
A rather elaborately made deerhorn comb (figure 16,1) is from the 
lower Yukon. It has a series of teetlr along one edge; the handie has a 
bear’s head in relief on each side, and a ring of the material is left on 
the back to strengthen the comb and to afford a better grip for the 
hand. The upper side of the handle is crossed by parallel grooves 
and a zigzag pattern formed by a series of circles pierced with central 
holes. 
A specimen from Sledge island (figure 16,5) is a flat tablet of deer- 
horn with a series of teeth in one end and two projecting animal heads 
carved on the upper end of the handle. Another, from St Michael 
(figure 16,4), is of deerhorn, with the handle ornamented by lines and 
dots and terminating in a ring. In figure 16,6, is shown a comb, from 
the Diomede islands, made from a hollow bone, which has a series of 
teeth of different sizes surrounding each end. 
Figure 16,2, shows an example from Nunivak island made from a piece 
of walrus ivory, and has one end provided with large teeth and the 
other with smaller ones. Another, from St Lawrence island (figure 
16,3), is cut from a paddle-shape piece of bone. It has large rounded 
teeth and a slender handle, pierced near its upper end. 
BRACELETS 
Bracelets of iron, brass, or copper are worn by women and girls 
throughout the region visited. The men also use bracelets made of a 
sealskin cord on which is strung one or more large beads of ivory or 
other substance. They are generally used while at sea for rolling under 
the end of the sleeves of the waterproof skin frock. In plate xxv, 5, 
is shown an example of these bracelets from Nunivak island. 
