NELSON] TOOL BOXES 95 
A box from Cape Vancouver (number 37357) is flattened oval in out- 
line, with a seal’s head carved upon it, the eyes of which are represented 
by a piece of marble on one side and a fragment of porcelain on the 
other; ivory pegs form the nostrils, and at the corners of the mouth 
are ivory pegs with beads set in the center to represent labrets. On 
the top and on each side of the head small blue beads are inserted, A 
groove painted black extends around the sides of the box, in which 
seven ivory pegs are inserted. The cover is attached as usual by 
hinges of rawhide. The box is cracked, and has been mended by raw- 
hide cords laced through holes on each side of the fissure. A rawhide 
loop passing over a peg set in the front of the box serves as a fastening. 
A box from Pastolik (plate xii, 11) is made in three pieces, the 
bottom being fastened on with wooden pegs; it is rather flattened oval 
in outline, and represents the body of a seal. The head is represented 
with the mouth open and with wooden pegs for teeth; the nostrils 
are marked by ivory pegs, and for the eyes are inlaid small oval 
pieces of ivory with a hole in the center to represent the pupil; the 
flippers are carved in relief on the sides and at the rear; the tail is 
represented on the upper surface of the box and forms a thumb-piece 
for raising the cover. The cover is slightly convex without and con- 
cave within, with a groove extending its entire length; a groove is 
also cut around the body of the seal, and another below it extends the 
whole length of the box. The surface is painted black, except the 
grooves and the interior of the mouth of the seal, which are red. 
The inside of the cover is decorated with figures in red and black, 
representing human beings and animals. On one side thé thunderbird 
is represented grasping a deer with one claw and a man in a kaiak 
with the other; on the opposite side the thunderbird is seizing a whale 
with one claw and a seal with the other. One curious figure represents 
a double-head wolf with four legs and connected by a black line with 
the hand of a man.. 
Another box from Pastolik (number 38739) is made from separate 
pieces, the ends being mortised into the sides; wooden wedges are 
driven into the tenons to fasten them more firmly in the slots; the 
bottom is attached by wooden pegs. On the inner surface of the lid 
are painted in red a number of figures of men and animals, many of 
which are obscene. The outer surface is not colored, but is covered 
with neatly made parallel grooves extending lengthwise and following 
the outlines of the box. 
A box from Kaialigamut (number 37562) is made of wood, and is 
oval at one end and truncated at the other; about an inch from the 
truncated end a crosspiece is inserted in slots on each side, which are 
cut narrow at the edges and flaring toward the inside, so that the 
edges of the crosspiece, which are cut in corresponding shape, hold 
the ends of the box firmly in position. The sides are ‘formed by one 
piece, which is bent to form the oval figure; the bottom is attached by 
wooden pegs, and the cover is hinged with rawhide. Tor fastening, a 
