302 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



in former times, and traded to the Eskimo for valuable furs. In the 

 National Museum there is amoni>- the Nelson collection a small toggle 



head of cast iron all in one piece, fig. 86, 

 the model of which was a native example 

 of ivory and iron. 



Fig. 90 is taken from Schrenk/ and shows 

 the same invasion of iron into np^tive arts. 

 The object is a combined barbed and toggle 

 head, in which, however, the barbs pla}^ the 

 chief part. The leader, of rawhide, pre- 

 serves its ancient bends and knots, and the 

 eyes peeping from the foreshaft are cer- 

 tainly survivals of the ancient regime. 



A harpoon (Cat. No. 19518, U.S.N.M.) 

 from Cumberland Sound, collected by 

 George Y. Nickerson, is shown in fig. 91. 

 It is an interesting mixture of ancient forms 

 with modern. The shaft is a well-turned,. 



spindle-shaped piece of oak Avood. The 



hand rest is an old ivory piece, turned ta, 



right angles, set 



into the shaft for a 



short distance, and 



bound on with two 



seizings of sinew 



braid. Just below 



the hand rest is an 



iron loop through 



which theline runs. 



The foreshaft is a 



long bar of iron, 



set into the head 



of the shaft and 



packed, the joint 



being made fast by 



means of an iron 



ferrule. Near the 



inner end of the 



shaft is a padding 

 of rawhide, connected a few inches awa}^ with 

 the end of the shaft by a stifl' rawhide sprig. 

 The object of this ball is not known, but it may have acted as a buffer 

 for catching the blow. The ice pick at the butt end of the shaft is also 



Fig. 91. 



.SHAFT OF TOGGLE HAKI'OOX. 



Cumberland Sound. 



Collected by Geo. Y. NiPkerson. Cat. No. 

 19.'jl8. U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 92. 

 BONE FOKESHAFT OP HARPOOK. 



Bristol Bay. 



Collected by Charles McKay. Cat. 



No. 72403, U.S.N.M. 



' Plate 42, fig. 2. 



