NELSON] DIPPERS, LADLES, AND SPOONS 67 
ward with a recurved hook. This is intended to prevent the hand from 
slipping. Dippers similar to this were obtained from Kotzebue sound. 
Among the handsome dippers observed was one seen at Point Hope, 
made from fossil mammoth ivory. It was oblong in outline, with a 
deeply excavated interior and a handle projecting at one end. 
Plate xxrx, 3, from Cape Nome, shows an oval, spoon-shape ladle, 
with a rounded handle, pierced by two orifices, projecting from one side. 
A ladle similar to the preceding in form of handle is common along 
the: coast of Bering strait from Cape Nome to the Diomede islands. 
A specimen from Sledge island, shown in figure 2 of plate xXxIXx, is 
similar as to the form of the bowl, but has a handle more ornately 
carved. 
The dipper from Chalitmut, shown in plate xxx, 24, has a handle 
smoothly rounded, with a long, slender, oval hole pierced through it. 
The inside of the bowl is surrounded by a checked pattern in black, 
with a curious figure representing some mythological being marked on 
the center in black paint. This paint is very durable, since it shows 
no signs of defacement, although the utensil has been used in hot water 
and in greasy compounds. 
Plate xxx, 19, from the lower Kuskokwim, is somewhat similar in 
outline to the last. The handle is provided with a very small hole, and 
the edge of the bowl is elevated like a rim above the point of insertion 
of the handle, This spoon has its inner border encircled by two black 
lines with crosslines, and in the center is painted, in black, the form of 
a seal with a spear attached to its back, to which is fastened a line with 
a float at its outer end. Near the upper edge of the handle are black 
crossbars. 
Plate xxx, 20, from Cape Vancouver, shows a spoon somewhat similar 
in shape to the preceding, but with the handle differing in outline and 
the inside of the bowl bordered by a black line, with a conventional 
drawing of some mythological animal. 
Plate xx1x, 5, from Chalitmut, has the outer end of the handle trun- 
cated and a long, narrow, triangular slot cut through it; the inside of 
the bowl is ornamented with two drawings, in black, of the killer whale, 
and the exterior surface is painted red; the handle is crossed by red 
and black bars. 
Dipper numbered 38630, is similar in outline to that just described. 
On the inside the figure of a man, a circle, and two skins, apparently of 
otters, are painted in black; the border of the bowl is surrounded on 
the inside by a black line. The handle and the lower border are red 
and the former is crossed by a black band. 
Plate xxx, 21, from Sfugunugumut, is similar in outline to the last 
mentioned. It has a seal-like animal painted on the bottom, showing 
details of its internal anatomy, and inclosed by two long arms with the 
hands extended and the palms pierced similarly to the hands. Similar 
figures are seen on masks from this district. 
A ladle with a deep bow], from Paimut, illustrated in plate xxx, 25, 
