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many of these in the southern parts. To the smaller and rougher side 

 a handle of wood or bone was attached, and fastened by means of the 

 holes bored in it. The knife served the women chiefly for scraping the 

 fat off the hides. 



6— 9. Harpoon sockets of walrus teeth, with stone heads. The 

 harpoon is the principal weapon of the Esquimaux. At the pointed 

 end of the wooden shaft, which is generally made of a j^iece of walrus- 

 tooth, the harpoon-head (siatko) is fixed in a grove made in the stump. 

 It is attached by means of a cord, the end of which is fastened through 

 a hole, and it is held taut to the middle of the shaft by a simple 

 contrivance. At the end a still sharper stone-head is fitted ; such a 

 harpoon is capable of being thrown into a seal or walrus. This being 

 done, the head is easily loosened from the shaft, so soon as the bight of 

 the line is detached by a slight jerk of the free end, pi'ovided only it 

 be held tight in tlie hunter's hand, or it is furnished with an inflated 

 bladder. 



10. Upper portion of a spear- head of walrus tooth, found on the 

 shore of Klein-Pendulum. 



11. Drawing of a perfect spear, after Kane. 



12. One half of a Kajak rudder, found near Cape Borlase Warren. 



13. A stick suitable for various purposes. It is not improbable that 

 it was a kind of bat,^ used by the Esquimaux lads to play with. 



14. Handle for a dagger or similar implement (or weapon), found 

 on Klein-Pendulum. It is very neatly wrought. We see the holes 

 through which the thongs were passed, by means of which the head of 

 bone, or tooth, was fastened to the handle. 



15. Tusk of a bear, pierced at the root. Such pierced teeth were 

 worn by the Esquimaux as ornaments, or possibly occasionally as 

 amulets.^ 



16. An object of walrus tooth, the purport of which is unknown, 

 and which is only depicted here in order to show the very exact and 

 elegant workmanship. 



17. a, b, c. Similar olyect, also of walrus tooth. 



18. An instrument of bone which probably, fastened to a shaft, served 

 as a hunting- weapon, or had some other purpose now unknown. 



19. Needle made of bone, for sewing the Kajaks. 



20. Iron knife found in an Esquimaux hut on Klein-Pendulum. The 



' (?) Hocky, or bandy-stick. (Tr.) 



2 This conjecture is supported by the fact, that in Ocean I., one of the Kingsmill 

 group in the South Pacific Ocean, a similar custom prevails. Human teeth, thus 

 bored, are used by the native women as necklaces. (Tr.) 



