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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



for rubbing between the hands. The bow is of 

 wood, which alt?o is quite the exception in other 

 Eskimo regions, where it is of ivory. There are 

 iiuiii3^ bows of antler from Norton Sound in the 

 jMuseuDi, some of them skillfully and truthfully 

 engraved. The mouth-piece is plain; not very 

 well made. It is set with a square block of 

 marble. It has the usual hole in one of the 

 wings for the passag-e ^ 

 of a tbong. j t 



Fijr. 34. 



riRE-MAKiN'G Set (hearth showing median 



groove). 



(Cat. No. 33IG6, IX S. N M. Kskinio of Norton Sound, Alaslj^. 



Collected by E. W Nelson. ) 



Fig. 35. 



LowEU Piece of Fiiie-makixg Set 



(hearth). 



Eskimo of Cape 



(Cat. No. 39fi01, U. 

 Vancouver, Alaska 

 son.) 



Collected by E. W. Nel- 



