NELSON] TOOL BOXES HG 
deeply incised, crescentic mouth. The eyes and the nostrils of the 
larger seal and the eyes of the smaller seal are formed by the insertion 
of ivory pegs. Ivory pegs are also set around the edges of the body of 
the seal on the cover, This is a very old box, and if it was ever painted 
the coloring has long since disappeared. 
Another old box (number 37553), from Askinuk, is oval in outline and 
has one end carved to represent the head of an animal. The nostrils 
are formed by blue beads, between which projects an ivory peg. Oval 
pieces of bone serve for the eyes, with a slit in the center for the pupil. 
The cover is an oblong strip of wood truncated at one end and the other 
tapering to a projecting point, which serves as a thumb-piece by which 
it can be raised. It is held in position by pegs at each end and by a 
thin strip of spruce rootlet passed through a hole on each side of the 
box. 
Plate XLU, 7, is a box from Sfugunugumut, composed of three pieces 
of wood. The sides were formed by a strip bent and joined on beveled 
edges at the ends. The bottom is slightly convex and is attached by 
wooden pegs. The cover is similar in outline, but one end extends 
upward and forms the head of a seal, the eyes of which are of ivory, 
with small blue beads for the pupils. Ivory pegs form the nostrils, 
and others are set at the corners of the mouth to represent labrets. 
Fore-flippers are cut in relief on each side of the cover, the intention 
having been to represent a seal lying on its back. A groove extends 
around the side, in which are set small ivory pegs, with a round hole 
in the center ofeach. Similar pegs ornament the surface of the cover, 
which has the usual rawhide hinges and loop passing over a peg in 
the front of the box for a fastening. 
From Kaialigamut is a box (number 37863), cut from a single piece 
of wood, the interior excavated and the cover neatly fitted. It is in the 
form of a seal, the tail forming a thumb-piece by which the cover can 
be raised. The mouth is incised, the nostrils are flattened spots on the 
muzzle, and both are painted red. The eyes are represented by small 
ivory pegs. Extending along each side and the top of the cover is a 
long groove, broad in the center and narrowing at each end, on which 
are depicted various figures of men and animals in black on the back- 
ground of red with which these grooves are painted. The body of the 
seal is colored a dull blue. Three black stripes extend from the crown 
along the sides. The center of the back and the outlines of the flippers 
are also black. 
Figure 28 is an oblong box from the lower Yukon. It is made from 
thin boards fastened together with wooden pins. On all the surfaces 
except the bottom, rows of ivory pegs are inserted. On the upper sur- 
face are two small rectangular doors extending across the box from 
side to side and opening into little shallow box-like compartments. 
They are hinged with strips of sealskin neatly sewed in place by chain 
stitches of spruce root, and fastened to them are pieces of rawhide, by 
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