344 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT [ETH. ANN. 18 
attached to a cord passed through holes at the corners of the mouth 
represent labrets. The interior of the head is excavated. 
The faces of dolls made in representation of females are etched to 
show the eyebrows, and sometimes the tattooing; the faces of dolls 
made to represent men have labrets of beads or pieces of ivory inserted 
at the corners of the mouth. The method of dressing the hair of women 
and their nose- and ear-rings are represented 
; "A by hair and beads hung in the proper places. 
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Some of the ivory dolls are provided with brace- 
lets and bead necklaces as shown in figure 3, 
plate xctm, from Hotham inlet. 
Large dolls of wood, from the country be- 
tween Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, have the 
eyes and the mouth repre- 
sented by pieces of ivory 
inlaid in the wood, as in fig- 
ure 129, from Kaialigamut. 
One of the most ingenious 
Pak of these toys was obtained 
pe cane at Point Hope, on the Arctic 
Fic. 129—Wooden doll ),  COaSt, and is represented in 
figure 130. It is made of 
wood, and the well-carved head has a short string 
of beads attached to each side of the forehead for 
earrings, while the labret holes at the corners of 
the mouth show that it is intended to represent 
aman. Each eye is indicated by a blue bead, 
inserted so that the hole in the bead forms the 
pupil. The neck is in the form of a smooth, round 
pin, about half an inch in diameter, which sets 
in a deep socket cut into the shoulders. About 
the lower end of this pin are fastened two ends 
of a cord which is passed around in opposite direc- 
tions and out in front, through two small holes 
in the body, and are tied together; thence they 
pass downward through a larger hole to the back. 
The lower part of the body is grasped from be- 
hind by the thumb and last two fingers, leaving 
the other two fingers resting in the loop of the 
cord. By slight. pressure, either on one side or 
the other of the loop, the head of the doll is made to turn to the right 
or left at will. Another ivory doll (figure 6, plate xomt), from Una- 
laklit, represents a woman holding a child in her arms. Similar dolls 
are sometimes made to represent a small child in the hood of the fur 
coat, after the fashion in which women are wont to carry their infants 
throughout this region. 
Fic. 130—Mechanical 
doll (4). 
