136 MASKS AND LABEETS. 



downward nearly at right angles. To the right of the nose, above de- 

 scribed, and of the nostrils mentioned, below the right eye, is another 

 similar nose, carved on what otherwise would be the right cheek. The 

 whole carving is of the roughest and most ordinary description. It 

 appears to have been held on by a thong, passing through two holes in 

 the margin, just below the level of the eyes, one at each side. 



INNDIT MASKS FKOM POINT BAEEOW, AECTIC OCEAN 



No. 64230. — Mask used by the Arctic Innuit of Point Barrow, Alaska 

 collected by E. W. Nelson. About 8 inches in length. Face about oh 

 inches wide, and from tip to tip of the wings, about 19 inches. Mask 

 of an oval form, rather convex, and carved rather thin. Much weather- 

 beaten or washed. Represents very faithfully the features of the Innuit 

 of Point Barrow. A black line crosses the face over the eyes, which 

 are represented as nearly closed. The interior of the mouth is black- 

 ened, the lips are red, ornamented with teeth taken from seals and 

 iuserted in the upper and lower jaw of the mask. A black streak on 

 the upper lip, and another ou the chin, represent a moustache and a 

 little goatee. A groove surrounds the disk of the mask, in which it is 

 probable that a strip of reindeer heir, or cord, with feathers in it, was 

 originally placed, but of which no portion remains. At each side of 

 the mask is a triangular wing, the base extends from the level of the 

 outer corner of the eye to the level of the outer corner of the mouth, 

 and is hinged ou with a cord, made of sinew, to the margin of the mask, 

 so that it will move backward and forward. Ou these wings are repre- 

 sented figures of whales, birds, and a boat with people in it. They are 

 drawn in black upou the clean surface of the wood. The upper mar- 

 gins of the wings are smooth and nearly horizontal. The lower margins 

 are somewhat arched, and are ornamented with notches. The margin 

 all around is reddened with red chalk, or similar coloring matter. The 

 main body of this mask appears not to have been colored, or, if colored 

 at all, to be merely rubbed with the white earth, to which reference has 

 been made. 



