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groove encircles the bottom of the box, which also has a cireular groove 
on the center. The neatly fitted cover is a thin piece of wood, with an 
incised circle about the middle and a projecting thumb-piece which fits 
upon beveled shoulders on the rim at one side. 
A round wooden box from the lower Yukon (figure 6, plate LXXXVII) 
is a little less than 5 inches in height and 2 inches in diameter. It has 
a deep incision around the base, with a flaring, rim-like bottom. The 
cover is fitted, like a stopper, into the top, and is incised to form a flar- 
ing rim; it has a knob on the top. 
Another round box from the Yukon (figure 10, plate Lxxxv11) has the 
middle part formed by a narrow band of bone bent and fastened with 
bone rivets and pegs. The excavated top and bottom are made of 
wood in the form of truncated cones with slightly projecting rims; 
they fit stopper-like into the bone circle. On the bone part are etched 
cireles and dots with a continuous zigzag border. On the top of the 
box a round section of walrus tooth is inlaid in the center, and five 
smaller pieces are set at regular intervals around the beveled edge. On 
both the upper and the lower edge of the border are inserted small tufts 
of seal hair fastened with pegs. 
QUID BOXES 
Figure 16, plate LXXXxvI, represents a small quid box, obtained on 
Nunivak island by Dr W. H. Dall. It is shaped in the form of a 
murre’s head, the lower mandible forming a thumb-piece for raising the 
lid. The cover is formed by the jaw and throat; the eyes are outlined 
by incised circles; the nostrils consist of a hole pierced through the 
mandible in front of the eyes, in which is a sinew cord for attaching 
the box to the belt or for hanging it around the neck of the owner. 
A quid box from Chalitmut (figure 8, plate LXxxvt) is flattened 
above and below, and is oval in outline, with one end truncated. Itis 
cut from a single piece, with the exception of the cover, which fits into 
the top flush with its edges, on which a rawhide loop serves as a handle. 
Around the sides, near the upper edge, is a deep groove, in which nine 
ivory pegs are set at regular intervals. Six ivory pegs are inserted 
in the top and seven on the bottom along an incised line following the 
border. In the truncated end are five others, one at each corner and 
one in the middle. 
A specimen from Kushunuk (figure 14, plate LXxXxv1) is an oval 
box large enough to hold only one or two quids of tobacco. The top 
is rather more flattened than that of the preceding box, and has a 
stopper-like cover. Each end is carved to represent the features of 
some animal, incised lines marking the mouth, nostrils, and eyebrows. 
On its surface are several inlaid white beads, and similar beads repre. 
sent the eyes and nostrils. 
A qd box from Askinuk (figure 17, plate LXXXxvI) represents a 
walrus, with projecting tusks, lying on its back. Onits abdominal sur- 
