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except that it is round and about half an inch in diameter. It has a 
flattened projection on one side, which is pierced to receive the cord. 
Another example from Cape Nome (plate xxvu, 6) is a narrow, oblong 
piece of ivory, having the front strongly convex and the back slightly 
concave, with a projection near the middle, through which passes a 
broad opening for the cord. Another, from Chalitmut (plate xxvu, 
25), is a roughly oval, plummet-like piece of ivory, with a stem-like 
projection on one end which is pierced for the cord; the surface is 
crossed by incised lines extending around each face and by a similar 
line around its greatest diameter, between which and the stem are four 
sets of circles and dots. 
The specimen from Anogogmut, illustrated in plate xxvil, 16, is a 
neatly made carving of a seal an inch and three-eighths long, with a 
projecting ear-like piece on its lower surface, through which a trian- 
gular hole admits a cord. Another, from Nunivak island (plate xxv11, 
15), is a double oval carving, with an angular projecting ear on the 
lower surface for the attachment of the cord. On the front the double 
oval surface meets at a narrow neck, each end having etched upon it a 
grotesque countenance, probably representing the face of a seal. 
The fastener shown in plate xxvul, 12, from Sfugunugumut, is an 
inch and a half long, made from walrus ivory in the shape of a white 
whale, and is pierced through the side. Figure 3 shows a carving 
from Agiukchugumut, two and a quarter inches in length, slightly 
resembling in outline the incisor of a bear; on the truncated end is a 
grotesque semihuman face, and etched upon the sides are lines, circles, 
and dots, including the representation of fore and hind limbs. It 
represents some being recognized in the mythology of the Eskimo. 
Plate Xxvul, 7, represents a neatly made carving, an inch and three- 
quarters long, in the form of a walrus, the flippers of the animal being 
conventionally shown in relief. It is from the lower Kuskokwim. 
Plate xxv, 11, shows a miniature carving, from Sledge island, repre- 
senting a white bear; it is an inch long and is pierced through the side 
for the cord. 
Plate xxvu, 8, illustrates a fastener, from Nunivak island, represent- 
ing a walrus. It measures two and a half inches in length and is 
pierced vertically for the cord. 
An unnumbered piece from Kushunuk is a small carving represent- 
ing on its front a grotesque figure of a woman; it is pierced on the 
back for the passage of the cord. 
Plate xxviI, 10, represents a small carving, from Nunivak island, an 
inch and three-eighths long, almond-shape in outline, flat on the lower 
edge and concave on the upper} the latter surface has marked upon it 
the figure of a fish, with a broad, deeply incised, crescent-shape 
mouth; it is pierced vertically for the cord. 
Plate Xxvul, 14, shows a fastener from Cape Nome; it measures an 
inch and a half in length and represents the heads of two polar bears 
