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which they can be raised. In the center, extending lengthwise, are 
two other doors, and on each side, just below the upper edge, is another 
little door. A loop of cord extending over and tied across the middle 
of the box keeps all these doors shut. 
WOMEN’S WORKBOXES 
Small wooden boxes are used by the women for the safekeeping of 
their needle cases, sinew and fiber thread, scraps of skein, earrings, 
pieces of coloring matter, and various other small articles used by them 
in their work. 
Figure 3, plate XLi, represents one of these workboxes from Sfugu- 
nugumut. Itis ovalin outline, and the top and bottom are in the shape 
of flattened, truncated cones, their thin bases resting on the sides of the 
box. On the front and back, crossing the sides vertically, are inlaid flat 
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strips of ivory, with a series of three circles and dots engraved upon 
them; extending around the sides are a series of round, button-like pieces 
of ivory, their surfaces covered by a number of concentric circles with 
black centers. A hook-shape knob of ivory projects from the front, 
over which a rawhide loop fastened to the cover is passed to keep the 
lid closed. A slender ivory rod, four inches in length, having its upper 
surface etched with circle and dot patterns, forms a handle and is 
attached to the top of the cover by a rawhide cord at each end. 
Figure 5 of the same plate shows a box, from Ikogmut, made from a 
single piece of wood in the shape of a seal lying on its back with the 
head and hind flippers turned upward; the fore-flippers are also carved 
in relief on the surface. On the cover a flattened ivory rod is fastened 
with pegs to the main part of the box. On the upper surface of the 
cover, in the center of a broad circular groove in which ivory pegs are 
