NELSON] PAINT BOXES 199 
For the purpose of storing their fragments of paint the Eskimo use 
boxes somewhat similar in general character to those used for tools, 
save that they are very much smaller. These boxes also serve for keep- 
ing other small articles, such as fishhooks, spear- or arrow-points, ete. 
Figure 8, plate Lxt, illustrates a small ivory paint box obtained 
from Norton sound by Mr L. M. Turner. It is about four inches long 
by an inch and a half wide, and with the exception of the cover is 
made from one piece. It is oblong, and has a sunken ledge at each 
end to receive the cover. On one end a human face is carved in relief, 
on the other end the mouth and nostrils of an animal, and on the 
bottom the figure of a seal. A small wooden box from St Michael 
(number 33021) is oval in outline and represents the body of a seal. 
The cover is in the form of a smaller seal, of which the projecting head 
and neck serve as a handle for raising it. Another paint box, from 
the lower Yukon (figure 13, plate LxIt), is cut from a single piece of 
wood and represents a salmon, the eyes, nostrils, mouth, gill openings, 
and lateral line being indicated by incised lines. A square cover fits 
like a stopper in the top and has a rawhide loop on its center for 
raising it. A box from Norton sound (figure 11, plate LXxIr) represents 
two seals, one on the back of the other, with their heads turned to 
the left, the upper seal forming the cover. The eyes of both are rep- 
resented by inlaid beads, the nostrils and mouths are indicated by 
incised lines, and the fore-flippers of the larger seal are carved in 
relief on 1ts sides. A somewhat similar box (figure 15, plate Lx11) was 
obtained on Nunivak island, but it represents the figure of only a 
single seal. 
A curious colored box (figure 12, plate Lx11) was obtained at Cape 
Vancouver. It represents a seal with the mouth open and with the 
teeth in relief; the fore-flippers are carved in relief on the sides, the 
eyes and nostrils are indicated by ivory pegs, and various other pegs 
are inserted on the surface of the body. The back- and fore-flippers are 
painted a dull bluish color; the sides are red, and the same color extends 
forward over the top of the head to the muzzle; the chin, throat, lower 
surface of the body, and outline of the flippers, with triangular spots 
to mark the ears, are black; the teeth are outlined in red. A similar 
box from the same locality (figure 17, plate LXII) represents a banded 
seal. The lower surface of the body and a large, triangular space from 
the crown to the shoulders are colored black; the remainder of the 
upper surface is alternately banded with red and black lines. 
A paint box from Norton sound (figure 9, plate LxIr) is made from a 
single piece, and represents a seal. The fore-flippers are in relief, the 
tail and hind-tlippers are carved free, and the whiskers are represented 
by little tufts of seal hair set in on each side of the muzzle. The cover, 
which is of spoon shape, fits like a stopper and is provided with a 
projecting rod which serves as a thumb-piece for raising it. 
A curiously shaped box from Big lake (figure 16, plate Lx1I) is 
