. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. gg2 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. taqi'mrii, ami'daduk' ajlaluk', a'quia'miik piqu'a ajlaluk'; weasel one, land otter caught one: knqu'iuaunmmuk' ajlaluk', tun'duniuk tiVguqli'ugu' melu'ganuk', „-olf one, deer (I) killed two, pe'luk pinai'nnnk, iiu'unk pit'qimi', maklak'innk pit'quni', Leaver three porcupine (I) canght none, seal (T) caught none, atshi'auamuk' pit'quni', uaqi'lamnk' pit'qiiui', tagu'^ainnk' walrus (I) caught none,
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. gg2 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. taqi'mrii, ami'daduk' ajlaluk', a'quia'miik piqu'a ajlaluk'; weasel one, land otter caught one: knqu'iuaunmmuk' ajlaluk', tun'duniuk tiVguqli'ugu' melu'ganuk', „-olf one, deer (I) killed two, pe'luk pinai'nnnk, iiu'unk pit'qimi', maklak'innk pit'quni', Leaver three porcupine (I) canght none, seal (T) caught none, atshi'auamuk' pit'quni', uaqi'lamnk' pit'qiiui', tagu'^ainnk' walrus (I) caught none, fox (I) caught none, bear j)it'quiii'. (I) caught none. In the collection from Point Barrow is one example, of wliicli an illustration is here reproduced in fig. 102. It is a piece of the edge of an old snow shovel, and measures inches long, with a loop of thong at the upper edge to admit of suspension. It is covered on both sides with freshly incised figures, colored with red ocher, and is described by Mr. Murdoch as follows:^ The obverse, is bordered with a single narrow line. At the left is a man standing with arms outstretched, supporting himself by two slender staffs as long as ho is. In the middle are three rude figures of tents, very high and slender. At the right is a hornless reindeer heading to the left, with a man standing ou its back with. Fig. 103. HUNTING SCORE ENGRAVED ON IVOBY. POINT BARROW. (AFTER MURDOCH.) his legs straddled apart and his arms uplifted. Ou the reverse there is no border, but a single dog and a man who supports himself with a long staff are dragging an empty rail sledge toward the left. I find no mention of the use of any such scores among the eastern Eskimo. * '* * The engraving represented in fig. 103 is from a flat piece of the out- side of a walrus tusk inches long and wide at the broader end. The engravings are very crude, when compared with some of the work from the west coast of Alaska. The specimen is one of the four piece
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