NELSON] DOLLS 5343 
Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers and on Nunivak island, dolls were found 
in common use, They are usually smallimages of wood, ivory, or bone; 
indeed, the only instance that I saw of the use of clay among the Eskimo 
for making images of any kind was a pair of rudely 
modeled dolls representing the head and body, 
which were obtained at Razbinsky, on the lower 
Yukon. One of these dolls is shown in figure 126. 
The inartistic character of these clay figures is in 
striking contrast to the carvings produced by the 
same people. 
The dolls usually represent the anatomic details 
of both sexes, and are from an inch to a foot or more 
in length. Many of them are carved to represent | 
grotesque human figures, but the majority are sim- 
ply upright ivory images with the arms by the sides 
(as represented in figure 2, plate xcri1) or held in 
various positions across the body, sometimes one 
hand being placed in front and the other behind — Fic. 127—Wooden doll @). 
the back. Many of the natives use hard material 
merely for the upper half of the body, the legs being made of skin, 
stuffed with hair or skin to give them a semblance to the natural 
form. 
An ivory figure from Cape Prince 
of Wales (figure 4, plate xc1i1) repre- 
sents an old man with his hands 
clasped behind the back. The arms 
and legs are carved free from the body 
and the work gives evidence of con- 
siderable skill and ingenuity. 
Only from Big lake, between the 
lower Yukon and the mouth of the 
Kuskokwim, were dolls obtained with 
heads hollowed out, so that the eyes 
and the mouth were pierced into the 
cavity. The back of the heads of 
these dolls, after the interior had 
been excavated, were replaced by a 
thin wooden cover neatly fitted in 
the opening. Figure 127 represents 
a hollow-head, wooden doll from Big 
lake. Figure 5, plate xc, from the 
same locality, is made of bone, with 
the head fitted on a wooden pin pro- 
jecting from the body, so that it turns as on a swivel. 
Another doll from Big lake (figure 128) is similar to the preceding and 
is clothed in reindeer skin. The head is made of bone, and the beads 
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Fic. 128—Doll (nearly 4). 
