. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 807. Fis-113. ALASKAX NOTICE OF DIRECTION. columu of smoke is seen arisino- from the middle elevation of the habi- tation. At No. 4, food is seen suspended beneath the inverted boat, while above it the harpoon is projecting, showing that the weapon is kept near at hand for immediate use, should occasion demand it. The engraving in plate 70, fig. 4, presents interesting details in the portrayal of various attitude
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 807. Fis-113. ALASKAX NOTICE OF DIRECTION. columu of smoke is seen arisino- from the middle elevation of the habi- tation. At No. 4, food is seen suspended beneath the inverted boat, while above it the harpoon is projecting, showing that the weapon is kept near at hand for immediate use, should occasion demand it. The engraving in plate 70, fig. 4, presents interesting details in the portrayal of various attitudes assumed by walrus Xos. 4, 7, 9 and 11, as well as the specific difi'erence between the canoes, the baidarka holding more than one person, and the kaiak, gen- erally, but for one i)erson. The former is shown in various styles, as ISTos. ], 2, and 3, while the latter is represented in Nos. 0, 8, 10, 11', 13, and 14. The small cross above No. 3 denotes a bird in flight, as also the two figures of like form above the seal at No. 7. A lai'ge water fowl still remains upon the water before the bow of the kaiak at No. 8. The hunter in the kaiak No. (5 has thrown his harpoon into a walrus, while the occupants of Nos. 10 and 12 have raised their weapons preparatory to throwing them. The elongated objects i)rojecting from the kaiaks, behind the occupants, Nos. 10, 12, and 13, are inflated seal skins used as floaters for the harpoon line, to impede the speed of the harpooned animal, and also to jjrevent its escape by remaining too long underwater or to trace its course while there. TRAVEL AND GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES. Locomotion by boat is graphically represented in many records and by sledge in occasional instances. Walking with the seal spear used as a cane is com- mon, and in one exami)le age is also indicated by the attitude of the bent body, a method of portray- ing physical condition seldom found in Eskimo picto- graphs, but of frequent occurrence in the records of the Ojibwa and Dakota
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