192 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT (ETH. ANN. 18 
was obtained on one of the Diomede islands. The large wooden shuttle - 
from Cape Vancouver (figure 8, plate Lxx1i1) has two sides made of 
separate pieces, which are held together by crossbars which pierce the 
sides at the bottom of each notch. The inside is excavated to form 
two long, triangular borders. 
Figure 21, plate LXXIII, represents a large, rather broad, wooden 
shuttle from Nunivak island. It has a flat groove extending between 
the notches. 
The wooden shuttle shown in figure 10, plate LXx111, is from Paimut, 
as is also that shown in figure 9 of the same plate, which is made of 
one piece with two long openings in the middle. 
The specimen from Norton sound (figure 22, plate LXXIII) is a large 
wooden shuttle used in making nets for capturing seals and white 
whales. 
The deerhorn shuttle from Nulukhtulogumut (figure 16, plate LXx1I1) 
contains some fine, twisted sinew cord. 
A long, narrow, wooden shuttle from Sabotnisky (figure 15, plate 
LXXII1) has the two ends lashed with sinew cord to prevent the wood 
from splitting; wound upon it is some fine cord made from the twisted 
inner bark of the willow. The large wooden shuttle from the lower 
Yukon (figure 17, plate Lx x11) is also filled with cord made from mate- 
rial similar to that in the preceding specimen. 
The shuttle from St Lawrence island (figure 12, plate LX XIII) is made 
of whalebone in the shape of an arrowpoint, with the center excavated, 
leaving a long, tongue-like point projecting from the base toward the 
tip. Another shuttle (figure 11, plate Lxx111) from the same locality 
is filled with well-made, twisted sinew cord. 
Figure 13, plate LXXx11l, represents a shuttle, obtained on the coast of 
Japan by General Capron, which is similar in pattern to the preceding. 
The Eskimo of eastern Siberia and of St Lawrence island must have 
derived the pattern of their shuttles from farther south, and the 
imported design thus replaced the ordinary kind in use among their 
relatives of the islands of Bering strait and the American shore. 
Figure 7, plate LXXIII, represents a long, wooden, netting needle, 
tapering toward both ends, with a large hole in the middle; it is used 
for mending the broken meshes of nets. The double-point ivory net- 
ting needle from Askinuk (figure 4, plate LXXIII) is similar in shape to 
the preceding. 
The ivory netting needle, pierced at one end, shown in figure 6, plate 
LXXIII, was obtained at Cape Nome. The large, curved needle of deer- 
horn represented in figure 5, plate LXx11I, is from the lower Yukon. 
Figure 3, plate Lx x11, from Ukagamut, and figure 1 of the same plate, 
from Kushunuk, represent small needles used in mending the meshes 
of small nets. A needle from St Michael (figure 2, plate LXXIIz) is 
somewhat similar to the preceding, but has a hole near the center 
instead of near one end. 
