HARPOONS. 



21 



stomach of a seal, attached to its lower part, serves as a float or buoy. A lono- 

 line of braided sinew, fastened at some distance from the end of the shaft, 

 connects the latter with the ivory head, as shown in the figure. The line loosely 



Fig. 20. — Upper portion of Fig. 19, enlarged. 



FiQ. 10.— Eskimos, Bristol Bay, Alaska. (11355). 



Fio. 21.— Eskimos, Yukon River, Alaska. (8844). 



Figs. 19-21. — Harpoons. 



coiled around the shaft and closely below the socket has nothing to do with the 

 arrangement just described, but serves to strengthen the connection of the shaft 



