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bone in the usual way. Trays and dishes of this sort are in general use 
among all Eskimo,' and are sometimes made of tanned sealskins.? 
DRINKING VESSELS. 
Whalebone Cup (I’musyt).—One of the commonest forms of drinking 
vessels is a little tub of whalebone of precisely the same shape as the 
large whalebone dish described above (p. 88). Of these there are five 
specimens in the collection, all from Ut- 
kiavwih. No. 89853 [1302] (Pig. 37) will 
serve as the type. It is 46 inches long 
and made by binding a strip of black 
whalebone round a spruce bottom, and 
sewing together the ends, which over- 
lap each other about 14 inches, with 
coarse strips of whalebone. 
There are two vertical seams three- 
fourths inch apart. The bottom is held 
in by fitting its slightly chamfered edge 
into a shallow croze cut in the whalebone. All these cups are made 
almost exactly alike, and nearly of the same size, varying only a frac- 
tion of an inch in height, and from +2 to 5-5 inches in length. The 
only variation is in the distance the ends overlap and the number of 
stitches in the seams. Such cups are to be found in nearly every house, 
and one is generally kept conveniently near the water bucket. Though 
the pattern is an ancient one, they are still manufactured. No. 56560 
[654] was found among the 
débris of one of the ruined 
houses at Utkiavwit, and 
differs from the modern 
cups only in having the 
ends sewed together with 
one seam instead of two, 
while No. 89851 [1300], 
though it has been in ae- 
tual use, was made after 
our arrival, as the bottom 
is made of a piece of one of 
our cigar boxes. 
Dippers of horn are in very general use for drinking water. These 
are all of essentially the same shape, and are made of the light yellow 
translucent horn of the mountain sheep. There are three specimens in 
our collection, of which No, 56534 [28] (Fig. 38) has been selected as the 
type. This is made of a single piece of pale yellow translucent horn, 
FiGc.37.—Whalebone cup. 
Fie. 38.—Horn dipper. 
1See for example, Crantz, vol. 1, p. 144, Greenland; Parry, 2d. Voy., p. 503, Iglulik; and Hooper. 
Tents, etc., p. 170, Plover Bay. 
2 Bessels, Naturalist, Sept. 1884, p. 867. 
