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across its outer border. This utensil is used for skimming oil or for 
taking the scum from boiling meat. 
Plate xxx, 15, represents a small, rudely fashioned wooden spoon 
from St Lawrence island, somewhat similar in outline to the scoop last 
described. 
Plate xxx, 18, from Sledge island, is a spoon with a deep bowl and 
a short, neatly turned handle. 
Plate xxx, 11, from Kulwoguwigumut, is a short-handle spoon 
having a narrow black line extending around the inner border of the 
bowl, in the center of which are the figures of three reindeer and a 
large pair of antlers in black. 
Plate xxx, 14, from Kushunuk, is a short-bandle spoon with a 
square, shovel-shape edge. 
Plate Xxx, 15, is similar to the last in shape, but has on the inside 
of its bowl the figure of a reindeer in black. 
Plate xxx, 12, from Kaialigamut, is a scoop-shape spoon, with a con- 
ventional representation of a wolf-like animal on the bowl, which is 
also ornamented with bordering lines of black, and is dotted over with 
round, red spots. 
Plate xxx, 7, from Point Hope, is a small ivory spoon, with a hole in 
the handle, to which is attached a piece of rawhide cord. 
Fig. 20—Marrow spoon (4). 
Plate xxx, 4, from Anogogmut, is a flat spoon, made from reindeer 
horn, having its smooth upper surface ornamented with three concentric 
circles and a black dot, and two parallel incised lines which extend 
around the surface just inside the border. 
Plate xxx, 3, from Kushunuk, is a long, narrow spoon of deerhorn, 
with a hole in the end of the handle for attaching a cord. 
Plate xxx, 5, from Kushunuk, is a deerhorn spoon, oval on the inner 
side and straight on the outer side, with a short handle projecting spur- 
like on one side. 
Plate xxx, 8, from Kushunuk, is a spoon with a shovel-shape bowl 
and a projecting arm-like handle at one corner. 
Plate xxx, 6, from Kushunuk, is a long-bowl, scoop-shape spoon 
without any distinct handle. 
A rudely made spoon of walrus ivory, from St Lawrence island, is 
represented in plate xxx, 2. It has a hole at one end of the handle for 
attaching a cord. Spoons similar in shape were obtained also on the 
Diomede islands. 
Plate xxx, 1, from Pastolik, is a spoon for extracting the marrow from 
bones. The handle is scalloped to receive the fingers; two parallel 
lines are etched along the borders of the scallops, which terminate below 
with the raven totem mark. A deerhorn marrow spoon from Kigik- 
