NELSON] FUNGUS-ASH BOXES PACT 
Another box from Hotham inlet (figure 8, plate Lxxxvm) is made 
from a piece of reindeer antler, with a knob on the side, and a wooden 
lid which is held in position by a cord fastened on one side and strung 
through holes in the cover, as in the specimen shown in figure 5 of the 
same plate. The surface of the box is covered with circles and dots, 
and has etched around the middle a series of conical summer lodges. 
A long, cylindrical specimen from Sledge island (figure 9, plate 
LXXXvi) has the surface carved in a series of scallops and ridges 
extending around it. The bottom is fastened with four wooden pins. 
The box is provided with a wooden lid. 
A box from Nunivak island (figure 3, plate Lxxxvit) is of reindeer 
antler, with a wooden top and bottom. In slight relief upon its sides 
are represented the fore and hind flippers of a seal, with circle-and-dot 
patterns elsewhere along the sides. 
Figure 12, plate LXxxvul, represents a box, from Kotzebue sound, 
made from a piece of whalebone. The bottom is formed of a rounded } 
piece of the same material. On the surface are etched the arms and the 
breast of a woman with a curious fish-like head; on the back a small, 
Square piece of iron is inlaid. A specimen from Norton sound (number 
33199) has a zigzag border pattern on both ends and raven totem 
marks extending toward the middle. 
A vase-shape wooden box from Kaialigamut (figure 14, plate 
LXXXVII) is four inches in height and is very regular in outline. It has 
a flaring rim and a wooden cover; the sides are set with small, round, 
ivory pegs symmetrically arranged, and around the rim are inserted four 
white beads. Another round wooden box (figure 11, plate LXXXVI1) has 
a beveled edge, like the chime of a barrel, and the bottom is neatly 
inserted. In the center of the lid is set a piece of wood, convex in out- 
line, on which is carved in relief a grotesque face intended to represent 
some mythological being. The eyes are formed by ivory pegs with large 
heads, and the sides of the box are ornamented with similar pegs, as well 
as with long, triangular pieces of ivory neatly inlaid near the upper edge, 
with the smaller ends pointing downward. The box is painted black 
around the sides, with a red border, and a black cirele surrounds the 
cover. The face on the cover has a red forehead, a broad black band 
across the eyes, a red band across the mouth and cheeks, and a black 
chin. From each corner of the mouth extends a stout rawhide cord 
about four inches in length, which serves as a handle for raising the 
cover. 
An oval wooden box, from the country south of the Yukon mouth, 
has a groove incised around its border in two directions. The top and 
the bottom are made of thin pieces of wood set into holes cut parallel 
to the sides of the box. The surface is inlaid in symmetrical patterns 
with small square, triangular, and round pieces of white crockery. 
A square wooden box from Kushunuk (figure 13. plate LXXXVII) has 
the corners beveled and scored with a deep, vertical groove; another 
