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to the left, with four short pegs representing teeth, is nearly below the 

 nose, and perforated throughout the greater part of its length. At the 

 right corner of the mouth is another circular perforation, with a red bev- 

 eled margin, immediately beneath the perforation of the cheek, and about 

 three-quarters of an inch in diameter. This has four pegs representing 

 teeth in the upper part, and three in the lower part. It is evidently in- 

 tended to represent a sort of supplementary mouth. This mask was 

 held on by a deer-skin thong, which is still attached to it, and appar- 

 ently went around the back of the head. 



No. 38646 (Plate XXVII, fig. 70).— Innuit maskette, collected by E. 

 W. Nelson at Big Lake, near Cape Eumiantsoff. It is of an oval shape, 

 about 8 inches long, smaller at the upper end, with the left margin 

 slightly concave, and the right margin considerably convex, rounded 

 below and also above. The left eye arched upward, represented as 

 nearly closed, the curve of the eyebrow forming nearly a semi-circle 

 with the left side of the ridge of the nose. The nose is represented 

 without nostrils. The right eye is represented nearly at right angles to 

 the other, and as fully opened. It is also perforated. The outer an- 

 gle points nearly upward. The eyebrow extends from a point about an 

 inch above this perforation, curving slightly to the left, and then curv- 

 ing strongly to the left near the end of the nose. The mouth is repre- 

 sented as rounded at the left end, where it is also perforated with a nearly 

 circular hole. It curves below the nose for a short distance, and then 

 nearly parallel with the right side of the disk. It is reddened inside, and 

 contains numerous pegs of uncolored wood, representing teeth. There 

 is no perforation in the bottom of the groove representing the mouth, 

 except the rounded one below the left eye. The general surface of this 

 mask is not colored. According to Mr. Kelson, it is intended for use in 

 some legendary festival. 



INNUIT MASKS FROM BERING STRAIT. 



No. 64216.— Innuit maskette, collected by E. W. Nelson, at the Dio- 

 mede Islands, Bering Strait. Maskette of a squarish-oval form, very 

 rough ; about 9 inches in length by 6 in width. Very roughly carved. 

 Wood not smooth. Most of it is rubbed with a whitish earth. The 

 upper portion of it, where the hair would be, is blackened. The upper 

 half contains, below the two eyebrows, two narrow, nearly horizontal 

 perforations for eyes, of which the right one is somewhat higher than 

 the other, and between them a rough, irregularly carved projection rep- 

 resenting the nose. Below this, and a little to the left, on the flat part 

 of the face, are two perforations, somewhat resembling nostrils. A 

 little further to the left, and below, is a perforation or slit representing 

 the mouth, and nearly horizontal, except that the right end is turned 



