274 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT (ETH. ANN, 18 
A curious box from Chalitmut (figure 15, plate Lxxxv1) is oval in 
shape and is cut from a single piece of wood. The oval cover is set 
in one side and has a rawhide handle, On the sides, carved in strong 
relief, are two grotesque, seal-like animals facing each other. The 
bodies are painted red and the intervening area black. The entire 
surface of the box is marked with crescent-shape incisions and studded 
with white beads of different sizes. 
A box from the lower Yukon (figure 12, plate Lxxxv1) represents a 
large seal upon its back with the head and the tail upraised and a smaller 
seal lying upon it, this latter forming the cover. This is a well-made 
carving in strong relief, with numerous small ivory pegs and white 
beads set about the surface. Around the neck of each seal is fastened 
a flattened piece of bird quill. The seals are represented with open 
mouths and beads form the eyes. 
The small square box from Nunivak island (figure 3, plate LXxxvt) 
is made of ivory, with the top and bottom of separate pieces fastened 
by pegs. Across the top three strips of brass are inlaid, and the small 
wooden lid has a loop of rawhide for a handle. The sides of the box 
are etched with two parallei lines connecting a series of circles and 
dots. 
A square wooden box from Nulukhtulogumut (figure 2, plate LXxxv1) 
has the bottom neatly fitted and a small, square lid near one end with 
a loop of sinew for a handle; around the sides and the top, passing over 
the middle in both directions, narrow strips of ivory are inlaid. The 
bottom of the box, the sides of the top, and the end farthest from the 
lid are painted red; the remainder is black. 
A round-cornered box from King island (figure 1, plate LXXxvI) has 
square pieces of lead and bone inlaid around the sides and the top. In 
the top are two circular pieces of white bone, and white beads are 
inserted over the surface, except on the bottom. The lid is a thin 
piece of wood which slides in a groove and has a projecting thumb- 
piece at one end. A box very similar to this was obtained on Nuni- 
vak island; its surface is inlaid with strips and squares of brass and 
numerous white beads, 
Another box from Nunivak island (figure 4, plate LXXxy1) is of wood 
heavily inlaid with cross-bands of brass. The lid, which is inlaid in 
the same manner, consists of a small, square, wooden cap fitted into 
the beveled edges of a small hole in the center of the top. 
An oval box from Kushunuk (figure 5, plate LXxxvyI) is made of 
birch-bark which is bent and the overlapping ends cut and interlaced. 
The top and the bottom are fitted with wooden stoppers, the upper one 
having a strip of beaver skin for a handle. Another box from Kushu- 
nuk (figure 7, plate LXxxyI) is of wood, oval in outline. The bottom 
and the cover are pointed oval in form, and the latter has a projecting 
thumb-piece at one end. It is painted black and pieces of white crock- 
ery are inlaid in regular series over the surface. 
