190 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
[43], from Utkiavwii) is a handle of different material (reindeer antler) 
and of somewhat different pattern. One end is neatly carved into an 
exceedingly accurate image of the head of a reindeer which has shed 
Fia. 170.—Bag handles. 
its antlers, with small blue beads inlaid for the eyes. The back of the 
handle is ornamented with an incised pattern colored with red ocher. 
We were told that such handles were sometimes fitted to the wooden 
buckets, but I never saw one so used. 
No. 89798 [1075], Fig. 171, is a bag of rather unusual pattern, the 
only one of the kind we saw. The bottom is a single round piece, 9 
inchesin diameter, of vhatseems 
to be split skin of the bearded 
seal, flesh side out, and the rest 
of the bag is of white- tanned 
seal leather. The sides are of 
five broad pieces (6, 44, 4, 55, and 
5 inches broad at the bottom, re- 
spectively, narrowing to 24, 14, 
14, 2, and 24, respectively, at 
the top), alternating with five 
straight strips, respectively 14, 
1, 14, 14, and 14 inches broad. 
The edges of these strips overlap 
the edges of the broad pieces, 
and are neatly stitched with two 
threads, as on the soles of the waterproof boots. The outer thread, 
which is caught in the loop of each stitch of the other, is a slender fila- 
ment of black whale-bone. This produces a sort of embroidery. The 
neck is stitched to the bag with the same seam, but the hem at the 
mouth is merely “run” round with sinew. This bag was probably for 
holding small tools and similar articles. 
Fig. 171—Bag of leather. 
