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NELSON] SEAL-HUNTING IMPLEMENTS i 127 
Figure 17, plate Lit, is an example of one of the jivory sinkers from, 
Sledge island; it is long, rounded, and tapers from jthe middle toward 
each end. j 
Figure 16, plate Lu, from Cape Nome, is anothér sinker of this de- 
scription, made from a walrus tusk, with three linkts in the middle. 
‘Figure 18, plate Lu, is a light ivory sinker, from| Sledge island, with 
etchings on its surface representing boats and housies. 3 
Figure 2, plate Li, from Cape Espenberg, is a «lub used for killing 
Seals; it has a rounded, curving, wooden handle, with a rawhide cord 
wound around it to afford a good grip. , A rounded knob of bone, 
grooved to fit against the side of the handle, is fastened to the head by 
a lashing passing through two holes and around a groove at the back. 
Figure 5, plate Li, from the bead of Norton sound, is an oval brain- 
ing stone, having a groove around the middle and the ends brought 
down to a truncated poiat. This stone is used on the end of a stout 
cord, which is fasteued firmly about the groove. 
Figure 1, plate Lit, from Point Hope, is a braining stone of mottled 
black and w'nite color, roughly oval in outline, with a hole pierced 
through ore end, in which is fastened a stout rawhide loop, by means of 
which tae hunter swings the stone and brings it down upon the head 
of the, animal. 
Figure 3, plate Lu, from Kigiktauik, is an oval bone head for a 
brining club, with a prominent ridge along the face and truncated on 
te back; it is provided with three holes, by means of which it is lashed 
to the handle. 
Figure 23, plave Li1, from the Diomede islands, is ‘a float for a seal 
net, with a long, flattened handle, oval in cross section and pierced at 
the lower end for attachment to the net cord. 
Figure 22, plate Lu, from Cape Nome, is a float in the shape of a 
seal head, with blue beads inlaid for eyes and tufts of hair inserted on 
each side of the nose to represent bristles. A hole is pierced through 
the neck, through which the cord is passed for fastening it to the net. 
Figure 15, plate Lu, from Point Hope, is a curiously made float rep- 
resenting a seal, with a rounded body, terminating at the rear in an 
ivory ring for attachment of a cord; on the back a larger ivory ring is 
inserted and held in place by a wooden pin. In this ring are linked 
two ivory pendants, having upon their outer surfaces incisions rep- 
resenting the eyes, nostrils, and mouth of an animal, probably a seal. 
The eyes of the seal in the head of the float are represented by inlaid 
white beads. 
Figure 21, plate Lit, represents the head of a seal, with the eyes 
formed by inlaid blue beads. A large bone ring is inserted in the mouth, 
from which hang two ivory pendants. 
Figure 26, plate LI, represents a double-head seal, with a hole made 
through the wood on the back end for the attachment of the cord, and 
an ivory pin, with a single link pendant, inserted in the breast. 
