754 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [BSTH. Ann. 24 
Esximo (Western). Nuwuk, Alaska. 
States National Museum. ) 
Block of spruce (figure 1015a), fitted with a shaft of narwhal ivory. 
(Cat. no, 89806, United 
Fig. 1015 a,b. Whirligigs; lengths, 10} and 9 inches; Western Eskimo, Nuwuk, Alaska; cat. 
no. 89806, 89807, United States National Museum; from Murdoch. 
This fits loosely into a tubular handle, which is a section of the 
branch of an antler with the soft inside tissue cut out. A string of 
seal thong passes through a hole in the middle of the handle and is 
