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box on which were figured deer, otter and [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] seal oil bag. The box is only about 3½ ft. long by 15 inches in each end diameter - this box is covered loosely by a canvas cover hanging down & hiding the whole box which rests on a block of wood or "skid" at each end. When I took the photo, I thought this was the grave of a child but in the eve I learn that this box is the second resting place of a shaman whose bones alone were put in here. An account of the second burial of a shaman here is given previously - also later a fuller account will be given. The intense cold made the operation of the thumb screws on the camera extremely painful and by the time I had the focus my fingers were slightly frostbitten as the temp. was at -25° and a breeze was blowing where I stood. I hurriedly exposed the plate and shutting up the instrument put it on the sled & hastened off thumping my hands to restore the circulation which I did but all the afternoon my finger tips feel as though each had been slightly burned. The end of my nose also came in for its usual share of punishment and is quite sore from the nipping it got this 

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