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one of which terminates in the head and fore-legs of a white bear and 
the other in the tail and hind-flippers of a seal. 
Plate Lxvt, 12, from Sledge island, is a four-prong ivory rod, with 
white-bears’ heads carved upon two of the points and a seal’s head on 
another; the fourth point terminates in a ring in which is linked a 
pendant representing the head and shoulders of a seal. 
Plate LXxv1, 2, from Cape Nome, is a small ivory handle, pierced with 
ahole at one end, which forks and terminates in two holes on the other 
end. On one side is carved in relief the form of a seal, and on the 
other the form of a white bear. 
Plate LXVI, 17, is a handle, fashioned in the form of a white-bear’s 
head, with blue beads inlaid for eyes. The two cords form one loop, 
projecting from the bear’s mouth, and on the other side they project 
from separate holes at the rear. 
Plate LXvI, 11, from Sledge island, is an ivory image of a seal, with 
a hole through the back, in which is fitted an ivory pin, terminating 
above in the figure of a seal’s head. To the lower end is attached the 
cord forming the loop. 
Plate Lxv1, 5, from the Diomede islands, is a handle made of a bar of 
ivory, an elongated oval in outline, with a convexity near each end on 
the lower side and slightly excavated within. In the middle of this 
excavation is a hole, through which passes the cord forming a loop. 
On the upper side the cords pass through holes in two figurines of 
seals, which rest with their heads down against the outer borders of 
the bar. 
Plate LXvI, 8, from Sledge island, has carved on one end the head of 
a seal and on the other that of a white bear. 
Plate Lxv1, 10, from Kotzebue sound, is in the shape of the head of a 
white bear, represented as holding a seal crosswise in its mouth; it is 
pierced lengthwise on the under side for the passage of a cord. 
Plate Lxv1, 7, from Kotzebue sound, is an elongated bar, with a 
seal’s head on each end. The handle is surrounded by eight series of 
etched parallel lines. 
Plate Lxvi, 5, from Cape Prince of Wales, has four images of seals 
earved in high rélief on the small ivory center through which the cord 
passes. 
Plate LXVI, 13, from Nubviukhchugaluk, is a handle in the form of a 
white-bear’s head, represented as holding a stick crosswise in its mouth, 
and just back of this, carved from a separate piece, the head of a seal. 
FISHING AND FISHING IMPLEMENTS 
METHODS OF FISHING 
Fishing forms one of the main sources of food supply among the 
western Eskimo, and in its pursuit a variety of methods and imple- 
ments are employed. The fishing season along the coast of Norton 
sound opens about the end of Mareh or early in April of each year; at 
