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figure, is pointed for lengthening. The third specimen has a 

 split at each end, but it is evidently not the part which constitutes 

 the grip; this bow must thus have consisted of more than three 

 pieces; at the inner angles of the splits there is a hole evidently 

 drilled to prevent the wood from splitting during the cutting of 

 the slit. 



In PI. XVIII, 6 is figured a fragment, 368 cm. long, the 

 end of a narrow and slender bow (L. 3244), found on Syttenkilo- 

 meternæsset. It is 2'3 cm. broad at the point, tapering to 21 cm. 

 at the bend, which is situated 20 cm. farther up; from there it 

 again increases in breadth to 26 cm. At the end the thickness is 

 11 cm. and within the bend 1 cm. It is undoubtedly a child's bow 

 and therefore not included in the table on p. 401. 



Mus. No. L. 3662, from the same locality as L. 3660—61, is the 

 end of a bow, 326 cm. long; it appears to have terminated in a 

 slit, but the fragment has no longer its full breadth; it is Г5 cm. 

 thick at the end, 1*1 cm. at the middle and Г4 cm, at the point 

 where it is broken off. 



The only complete bow from these regions was brought home 

 by the Nathorst Expedition from Cape Weber ^; judging from the 

 illustration it closely resembled those described above. 



It is probably justifiable to compare the North-east Greenland 

 bow with the type from Southampton Island^; the manner in which 

 its separate parts, if it is composed of several pieces, are joined 

 together is also the same ''. 



That the wooden bow, here as elsewhere among the Eskimo, 

 has had a sinew backing is in itself obvious; it is confirmed by 

 the find of implements which have been used for twisting the back- 

 ing, viz. the twister and the marline spike (Fig. 18). These bone 

 implements are well-known; Murdoch^ has discussed the use of 

 the twister, and both the implements have often been described and 

 figured'. They have also been found in North-east Greenland by 

 most expeditions^. They will therefore be but briefly dealt with 

 here. 



L. 3807 --08 and 4025—26. A set consisting of two twisters and two mar- 

 line spikes (PI. XIII, 7 and Fig. 18, c—d). The twisters are thin and narrow, 76 

 cm. long, and 6—8 mm. broad, with a large hole at the centre. The marline 



' Nathorst, pp. 344—345. ^ Boas 111, p. 64, Fig. 85, a—b. ^ Boas HI, p. 395, 

 Fig. 189, b. * Murdoch II, pp. 315 16 and Plates X— XI. ^ Cf. Murdoch 1, 

 pp. 291—294; Boas 111, p. 83; Nelson, p. Ill, Fig. 30. ^ Koldewey, p. 6Ü3, 

 Fig. 16; Ryder I. p. 311, Fig. 11; Stolpe, PI. IV, 13. 



