400 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
A larger carving, rather roughly executed (No. 89338 [1098], from 
Nuwitk), represents a standing bear 3-2 inches long, holding a whale 
crosswise in his mouth. The whale is a separate piece, held in by a 
wooden peg driven through the bear’s lower jaw. This specimen is 
newly made from rather coarse walrus ivory. 
Fig. 402b (No. 89340 [953], from Utkiavwin) is a very ancient ivory 
image of a bear, 3-4 inches long, which was evidently intended for an 
amulet, as there is a stout lug on the belly, into which are bored two 
oblique holes, so as to make a longitudinal channel for a string. Into 
this is knotted a stout cord of loosely twisted sinew. The execution of 
the image is particularly good, but the design is very rude. The speci- 
men is so ancient that the ivory of which it is made has become almost 
black. 
No. 56528a [56a] from Utkiavwin is a walrus tooth, 1-6 inches long, 
sarved into the shape of a bear’s head. Both design and execution are 
very rude. Light blue glass 
beads are inlaid for the eyes, 
and the nostrils and outline 
of the mouth are incised and 
filled in with black dirt. It 
was made for sale. <A still 
more rude carving, also made 
for sale, is No. 56528, from 
Utkiavwin, which is an old 
and weathered canine tooth of 
the polar bear, with the point 
freshly whittled so as to look 
something like a bear’s head. 
Two sky-blue glass beads are 
inlaid to represent the eyes 
FG. 402.—Ivory figures of bears. and one for the nose, and the 
mouth is incised and blackened. 
The walrus does not appear to be a favorite subject for representation. 
The part of the collection already described shows that it occurs very 
seldom as a decoration, and we obtained only three images of this ani- 
mal, one in soapstone and two in ivory, all small and very rude, both 
in design and execution. They are all newly made. The best image 
is shown in Fig. 403a (No, 89333 [1384] from Utkiavwin). This is 2:3 
inches long and made of coarse walrus ivory. The head is rather 
good, but the body simply tapers to a broken point. <A bit of 
wood is inlaid for the left eye, but the right is merely represented 
by a hole. 
Fig. 403b (No. 89334 [1067], from Utkiavwin) is exceedingly rude. The 
eyes, nostrils, and mouth are incised and blackened as usual, and the 
vibrisse (‘‘ whiskers”) are represented by rather large round pits on the 
snout, also filled in with black dirt. It is 2-9 inches long, and appears 
