Figure  2,  plate  ci,  from  lower  Kuskokwim  river,  represents  the  hair
seal  {Phoca  harhata).  This  mask  is  carved  as  a  flattened  image  of  the
common  hair  seal.  It  is  about  11  inches  long  by  0  inches  in  width,  and
has  four  large,  flipper-shape,  wooden  attachments  to  represent  the  four
limbs.  These  are  carved  on  their  borders  to  represent  the  toes  of  the
animal,  and  the  eyes,  nose,  and  mouth  are  well  represented  on  the
rounded  head.  On  the  seal's  back  the  greater  portion  of  the  surface  is
occupied  by  a  circular  face  like  that  of  a  man,  having  below  the  eyes
two  pear-shape  nostrils  and  a  crescentic  mouth,  with  upturned  corners,
which  has  a  double  row  of  square-cut  teeth.  The  upper  surface  of
this  mask  is  painted  white,  and  the  membrane  between  the  toes  and
the  hind-flippers  are  black.  Across  the  eyes  of  the  human  face  is
marked  in  black  the  outline  of  a  pair  of  snow-goggles.  The  interior
of  this  mask  has  a  shallow  excavation,  and  the  border  is  surrounded  by
a  groove  in  which  is  fa,stened  a  strip  of  skin  from  the  neck  of  a  rein-
deer, with  the  long  hairs  standing  out  all  around  like  a  halo.  The  face
on  the  back  of  this  mask  is  supposed  to  represent  the  features  of  the
seal's  inua.
