NELSON] FLOATS 141 
Figure 15, plate Lyra, from Agiukchugumut, is of ivory and has a 
human face carved on the surface of the head. 
Figure 9, plate Lyra, from Cape Vancouver, is an ivory plug, oval in 
outline, with the face of a short-ear owl on its upper surface. 
Figure 2, plate Lyra, from Chalitmut, is a small stopper with the 
face of a seal in relief on its surface. 
Figure 8, plate Lv1a, from Cape Darby, is a stopper with a stem in the 
form of a link, with its base projecting and pierced-with a hole, through 
which a crosspiece 
cf ivory is inserted 
to hold the lashing 
in position. In the 
link, and carved 
from the same piece 
of ivory, is a seal- 
head with bristles 
set in by plugs of 
wood to indicate the 
whiskers; the eyes, 
nostrils, and ears 
are represented by 
wooden plugs. 
Figure 12, plate 
Lyta, from Cape 
Darby, is another 
link plug, having 
carved on it a seal- 
head, the nostrils 
and eyes formed by 
inlaid beads. The 
base has the usual 
constricted neck, 
but is conical in- 
stead of flattened. 
Figure 11, plate 
Lyta, from Sledge 
island, is made like 
the preceding, with 
a conical base attached to the open link by a narrow neck. In this 
link is another one, the outer end of which is carved to represent the 
end of an inflated float. 
Figure 16, plate Lyi a, from Kushunuk, is a long, slender float with an 
ivory nozzle. It is made from the intestines of a seal, and. is intended 
to be attached to the shaft of a hand spear. Some of these floats 
are made from the bladders or stomachs of seals and walrus, and are 
usually oval in shape. 
Figure 39, from Nunivak island, is a sealskin float, tanned with most 
Fig. 39—Sealskin float (about 4)5)- 
