68 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT (ETH. ANN. 18 
has the handle narrowed near the base, then widened and narrowed 
again toward the top, ending in a rounded point; a triangular slot is eut 
through the handle, and near the top is a circular hole; its upper sur- 
face is carved around the border, and a quadrangular area with incurved 
sides is sunken near the base and painted black; on the lower surface 
a groove extends in toward the handle on each side and surrounds the © 
bottom. The form of a small fish is painted in black on the bottom of 
the bowl, which, near its border, is surrounded by two black rings 
connected by crossbars. 
Plate xxx, 23, from Chalitmut, has the handle made in two parts, 
joined by a crossbar near the outer end; the lower side of the bow] and 
part of the handle are painted red; above this the handle is crossed by 
one red and two black bands. On the inside of the bowl are painted 
figures of the curious hybrid animal known in Eskimo mythology as the 
metamorphosis of the white whale into a combination of wolf and whale. 
Plate xxx, 22, from Sfugunugumut, is similar in form to others 
described. It has the inside of the spoon outlined by a black line, and 
in the center a pattern like that seen on women’s earrings in this dis- 
trict, being a circle and a dot with four projecting points which form 
corners on the outside of the circle. 
Figure 9 of the same plate, from Konigunugumut, is a round-handle 
spoon, the handle being surrounded at equal intervals with three beads 
cut in the wood; it is not painted. 
Figure 10, from Chalitmut, is a plain-handle spoon having the form 
of a seal painted in black on the inner surface. 
Figure 16, from the Kuskokwim, is a plain-handle spoon having a 
double-head bird painted in black on the inside; the inner border of 
the bowl is surrounded by two black lines. 
Plate Xx1x, 4, shows a spoon from Sabotnisky with a plain handle 
narrowed near the bowl, which is pear-shape in outline and has the 
figure of an otter painted within it. The border is surrounded near the 
upper edge by two black lines; the edge of the rim is red, as are also 
the borders of the handle on each side, which are connected by a cross- 
bar of red in the middle; the two quadrangular areas of plain wood 
thus left on the upper surface of the handle are outlined in black. 
Plate xxx, 17, also from Sabotnisky, is a long, oval spoon, with the 
bowl continued to form the handle; it has both the upper and the 
lower surface ornamented with figures in black. 
Plate XXIx, 1, represents a rudely shaped ladle from Big lake. It has 
along handle, flattened above and oval below, and is painted red except 
on the inner surface of the bowl. On this unpainted portion is out- 
lined a figure of the head and fore part of the body of a mythological 
aninal, combining features of the wolf and the killer whale. The fin 
of the whale is shown rising from the shoulders of the animal, while 
the fore feet and the head of the wolf are also represented. 
Plate xx1x, 11, from St Lawrence island, 1s a broad, flattened scoop, 
with a short, projecting handle on the inner end and nearly square 
