200 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT [ETH. ANN. 18 
intended to represent the larva of some insect. It is cut from a single 
piece and has an oval, stopper-like cover, with a cord loop in the center 
for raising it. A series of alternately red and black grooves encircle 
the sides of the body; the crescentic mouth is incised, two beads rep- 
resent the nostrils, aud two incised rings outline the eyes. The mouth, 
nostrils, and eyes are painted red, the 
rest of the face showing the natural 
color of the wood. 
A box from the lower Yukon (figure 
58) is flattened above and below, and 
is pear-shape around the sides, which 
are formed by bending a thin strip of 
wood, the ends being sewed together 
with spruce root; the bottom is fast- 
Fic. 58—Wooden paint box (about §). ened on with wooden pegs, and a 
stopper-like cover, with a flaring rim, 
fits into the top, on which a series of small triangular and circular 
pieces of ivory are inlaid. The colors which originally ornamented 
this box have disappeared through long use. A box from Pastolik 
(number 33014) is somewhat similar to the preceding, but the cover is 
held in place by a long cord which is wound several times around the 
box and fastened over a peg which projects in front. 
A rudely oval box from the lower Yukon (figure 7, plate LXx11) is 
cut from a single piece of wood, and has two compartments to each 
of which is fitted a stopper-like cover, one rounded in outline and the 
other with one end truncated ; 
they are provided with small 
cord loops for lifting them. 
The body of the box has a 
groove extending entirely 
around the sides; another 
starting from it passes under 
the bottom to the opposite 
side. 
A handsome wooden box 
from Big lake (figure 59) is 
carved from a single piece, 
and has a stopper-like cover. 
The body of the box represents 
a seal with the front flippers = 
in relief and the eyes formed Fic. 59—Wooden paint box (about 3). 
by white beads; the wrists of 
the flippers are crossed by a small inlaid bar of ivory. At one end 
of the cover is a human face carved in relief, the mouth and eyes 
being represented by pieces of ivory neatly inlaid. This face and a 
circle about the eyes of the seal, as well as a long ridge connected with 
