NELSON] QUID BOXES 279 
face is the figure of a young walrus, which forms the lid and fits 
stopper-like into an oval opening in the larger animal. The flippers 
are carved in relief, and the eyes are represented by inlaid beads, those 
of the larger walrus being red, those of the young one white. - One of 
the tusks of the larger animal is made of wood and the other of bone. 
Those of the smaller walrus are both of bone. Another specimen 
from Askinuk (figure 26, plate LXXXVI) is a curiously grotesque box, 
rather oval in shape, with two long, flipper-like projections on one end. 
The cover rudely represents a seal-head turned up to form the thumb- 
piece, while the neck and shoulders slope downward and have a 
stopper-shape base which fits into an oval hole in the top of the box. 
A box from Anogogmut (figure 9, plate LXXXVI) is egg-shape in out- 
line and flattened above and’ below. It is carved from a single piece 
of wood, except the stopper, which fits neatly into the top. Around 
the sides are inlaid beads and circular bits of crockery, and a gored pat- 
tern is cut in relief on the surface of the sides. This box, which is 
apparently made of birch, is a very neat piece of workmanship. 
The handsomely carved box from Kulwoguwigumut (figure 13, plate 
LXXXVI) is rather flat on its upper surface and oval on the other sides; 
the cover, more or less square in shape, fits like a stopper into the upper 
surface and has a projecting thumb-piece about half an inch long. 
Holding this box with the cover downward it represents a grotesque 
figure of a porcupine; the mouth is deeply incised; the eyes, formed by 
ivory pegs, are in saucer-shape depressions with incised crescentie 
lines back of the eyes; the nostrils are indicated by small pieces of 
ivory. On the rear side of the figure are three round-head ivory pegs 
set in a triangle. 
A circular box from Kushunuk (figure 22, plate Lxxxvt) is formed 
of a band of spruce, with the overlapping ends beveled and fastened by 
some kind of gum or cement; the bottom is fitted into a groove in the 
rin and the top is also neatly fitted. The cap of the box fits stopper- 
like into the top and is slightly convex in outline, having the face of a 
man carved in low relief on its upper surface. The eyes and labrets 
are represented by round-head ivory pegs, and the mouth is a crescentic 
incision with a hole in the center, through which is fastened a rawhide 
loop, serving to lift the cover. 
A round wooden box from Sledge island (figure 25, plate LXXXVI) is 
made in two nearly equal parts which fit together by an inner border on 
the under half. It is cracked on one side and bound together by a 
sinew cord. 
A small wooden box from Chalitmut (figure 18, plate LXxxvr) has the 
form of a human head; the face is carved in relief, the eyes and labrets 
are represented by inlaid white beads; the mouth is deeply incised and 
erescentic in form. In a groove which extends around the face are set 
a series of round-head ivory pegs; the back of the head has a hole 
in which fits a cover with a projecting thumb-piece crossing a notch on 
