Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442 — John Shaqi
Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442Murdoch, John
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Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442
Murdoch, John
Eskimos -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point, Region
Bear carved of soapstone 398
400. Bear flaked from flint 399
401. (_a_) Bear carved from bone;
(_b_) bear’s head 399
402. Ivory figures of bears 400
403. Rude ivory figures of walrus 401
404. Images of seal--wood and bone 401
405. White whale carved from gypsum 402
406. Wooden carving--whale 403
407. Whale carved from soapstone 403
408. Rude flat image of whale 404
409. Ivory image of whale 404
410. Ivory image of whale 404
411. Pair of little ivory whales 405
412. Soapstone image of imaginary animal 405
413. Ivory carving, seal with fish’s head 405
414. Ivory carving, ten-legged bear 406
415. Ivory carving, giant holding whales 406
416. Double-headed animal carved from antler 407
417. Ivory carving--dog 407
418. (_a_) Piece of ivory, engraved with figures;
(_b_) development of pattern 408
419. (_a_) Similar engraved ivory;
(_b_) development of pattern 408
420. Ivory doll 409
421. Whale flaked from glass 435
422. Whale flaked from red jasper 435
423. Ancient whale amulet, of wood 436
424. Amulet of whaling--stuffed godwit 438
425. Amulet consisting of ancient jade adz 438
426. Little box containing amulet for whaling 439
427. Amulet for catching fowl with bolas 439
428. Box of dried bees--amulet 440
[Illustration: Plate II
The Hunting Grounds
of the
Point Barrow Eskimo
Based on Lieut. P. H. Ray’s “Map of
Explorations in Northwestern Alaska,”
Signal Service, U.S.A. 1885
Completed by
John Murdoch]
ETHNOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE POINT BARROW EXPEDITION.
By John Murdoch.
INTRODUCTION.
The International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, was
organized in 1881 by the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, for the
purpose of cooperating in the work of circumpolar observation proposed
by the International Polar Conference. The expedition, which was
commanded by Lieut. P. H. Ray, Eighth Infantry, U.S. Army, sailed from
San Francisco July 18, 1881, and reached Cape Smyth, 11 miles
southwest of Point Barrow, on September 8 of the same year. Here a
permanent station was established, where the party remained until
August 28, 1883, when the station was abandoned, and the party sailed
for San Francisco, arriving there October 7.
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