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island; it is made of slate, and is pierced at one end for the reception 
of a sinew cord. 
TOOL BAGS AND HANDLES 
Large oblong bags or satchels made of skin are in common use 
among the Eskimo for holding tools and implements of all kinds, 
including arrow and spear points, and other odds and ends which may 
have been accumulated. They have slightly arched handles of ivory or 
bone stretched lengthwise across the open mouth. Peculiarly shaped, 
long, narrow wooden boxes are also used for the same purpose; these 
are often carved into a variety of forms with great ingenuity. 
One of these tool bags from Cape Darby is illustrated in plate X11, 
7. It is made from the skin of four wolverine heads, with a bottom of 
tanned sealskin with the hair side turned inward. The walrus ivory 
handle, 17 inches in length, has etched along its lower surface repre- 
sentations of thirty-four wolverine skins, and the ends are carved to 
form heads of animals; the upper surface is plain, with the exception 
of a groove in one side. 
Plate xul, 2, is an ivory bag handle from Sledge island, which has 
etched on it the representation of eight tails of whales and numerous 
wolverine, fox, and wolf skins. 
Figure 4 of the same plate, also of ivory, from Kotzebue sound, has 
scalloped edges, and etched upon the convex surface are the outlines 
of whales and skins of wolverines and otters. On the convex side is 
represented a man pointing a gun at a bear, seven other bears, a man 
in a kaiak pursuing a whale, and another shooting waterfowl with a 
bow and arrow. 
Figure 6 of this plate, from Kotzebue sound, has both surfaces covered 
with etchings of the skins of various fur-bearing animals. 
Figure 5, from Point Hope, is a slender handle of deerhorn, having 
a series of etched figures of deer and men along one side and terminat- 
ing in the head of a deer at one end and in a sharp point to represent 
the tail at the other. 
Figure 1 shows an ivory handle from Hotham inlet, with the con- 
vex surface marked at one end with a representation of wolf skins, and 
along the entire length beyond these are a number of waterfowl in the 
act of swimming. 
Figure 3, from Cape Nome, is another ivory bag handle, both sur- 
faces of which are filled with etchings representing occurrences in the 
life of the Eskimo, including dragging home a seal, the pursuit of a 
whale, traveling with dog sledges, launching of umiaks, walrus hunt- 
ing, and other similar occupations. 
TOOL BOXES 
A tool box obtained at Cape Nome (number 45385) is 14 inches long, 
43 high, and 5 wide. The ends are dovetailed into the sides, and the 
bottom is fastened on with wooden pegs. The lid, in which half a blue 
bead is inlaid, is attached by rawhide hinges and has a loop of rawhide 
