. Bulletin. Ethnology. Box FOR Small Articles; ESKl^ 1-3. (Murdoch) measure due to their damp and freezing environment, in which, though wood was scarce, boxes were better than pouches for keeping the contents dry. It ap- pears that to the introduction of tobacco, percussion caps, and powder is due the great number of small boxes manufactured by the Eskimo, although they had previously many boxes for trinkets, lance- heads, tinder, etc. Eskimo boxes are pro- V i d e d wit h cords for fasten- ing them to the person to pre- vent loss in the snow. Boxes and chests, being difficult of transportati
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Box FOR Small Articles; ESKl^ 1-3. (Murdoch) measure due to their damp and freezing environment, in which, though wood was scarce, boxes were better than pouches for keeping the contents dry. It ap- pears that to the introduction of tobacco, percussion caps, and powder is due the great number of small boxes manufactured by the Eskimo, although they had previously many boxes for trinkets, lance- heads, tinder, etc. Eskimo boxes are pro- V i d e d wit h cords for fasten- ing them to the person to pre- vent loss in the snow. Boxes and chests, being difficult of transportation even on water, must be looked for chiefly among sedentary tribes living in a wooded country. Tribes that moved freely about stored and transported their goods in bags, rawhide cases, and basket wallets. Boxes and chests of wood are practically u n k n o w n among t h e Plains tribes, w h i c h h a d abundant skins of large animals out of which to make receptacles for woodenBox for whaling amulet; Eskimo; their posses- '"' ^"""""'"^ sions, and the horse and the dog as pack and draft animals. Some of the Plains tribes, however, made box-like cases or trunks of rawhide similar in shape to the birch-bark boxes of the eastern tribes,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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