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of the hair removed. It has an ivory nozzle fitted in the place of one 
of the fore-flippers. The front of the skin is bent downward and 
wrapped with rawhide cord, with an ivory peg stuck through to pre- 
vent the cord from slipping. The cord has a loose end about three 
feet in length with a loop for attaching it to the float line. 
The nozzles for the smaller floats, which are attached to the shafts of 
spears, are made usually of ivory; they are round and have a projec- 
tion at one end which is pierced for the attachment of a line to bind 
the nozzle to the shaft of the spear; an enlarged rim prevents the 
lashing from slipping off. In some specimens the base is not pierced, 
but a projecting piece is left which is concave on the lower surface and 
convex on the upper and serves to retain the lashing. 
Figure 29, plate Lv1a, represents a nozzle or mouthpiece obtained at 
Cape Vancouver. It is intended for a small float. 
Figure 24, plate Lv1a, is a nozzle from Cape Darby. The projection 
ou the side has a single hole for the passage of the cord and a shoulder 
on the projecting end which is grooved for the lashing. 
Figure 27, plate Lvia, from Unalaklit, is another mouthpiece with a 
single flattened hole through its projecting lower side. 
Figure 17, plate Lyi a, from Kushunuk, is a large mouthpiece having 
a raven totem mark on one side of the base, which is pierced with three 
holes for the lashings. : 
Figure 20, plate Lyi a, from St Michael, has two holes through the 
base for the attachment’ of the cord. 
Figure 18, plate Lvia, from St Lawrence island, is another nozzle, as 
is also figure 19 of the same plate, from Cape Darby. Both of these are 
of ivory, and the latter has etched upon its surface several raven totem 
signs. 
Figure 21, plate Lyia, from the Yukon mouth, is made of deerhorn, 
and has three holes along the base for the attachment of cords. 
Figure 28, plate Lv1 a, from Cape Nome, has four holes along the base 
for the attachment of cords. 
Figure 25, plate Lyra, from Konigunugumut, is carved in the form 
of a walrus head, the projecting tusks below forming one side of the 
opening at the base for the attachment of the cords. 
For the purpose of attaching one float line to another wheel greater 
length is needed, or for joining lines along the shafts of spears, small 
ivory blocks are used, which are made in great variety of form, and 
considerable ingenuity is displayed in carving their surfaces into vari- 
ous figures and patterns. One form consists of a small block with a 
round hole across its length, near the underside. Another larger hole 
runs from below and extends obliquely upward, continuing on the upper 
surface as a groove around the base of an enlarged head on the upper 
side of the block, in which a permanent loop is inserted. When the 
hunter wishes to attach another cord to lengthen his line he passes the 
looped end through the hole on the underside to the upper surface and 
