Various Items. 



Fig. 43. 



In addition to the articles hitherto mentioned, the collection con- 

 tains a number of objects, the purpose of which cannot be stated 

 with certainty, or which cannot be included under any of the pre- 

 A'ious headings. 



Fig. 43 shows a bone toggle found in tent 615 at Rypefjeldet 

 (L. 4144), possibly from the lower end of a drag-line, such as is used 

 for hauling home the carcass of a seal. It is 

 made of narwhal's tusk, and measures 6*6 cm. 

 in length. One end of the piece, that on the 

 left in the figure, has been thinned down to an 

 edge, the other being left blunt. Near the middle, 

 an oblong slit has been cut for the line, by boring two holes close 

 together. 



The piece of bone shown in PI. X, 9 (L. 3089) from Eskimo- 

 næsset, is probably the handle of one of these drag-lines. It is 112 

 cm. long, somewhat broader at the middle than at the ends, so as 

 to leave room for the hole through which the line was passed. 



On the east coast of Store Koldewey Island-, a piece of bone as 

 shown in Fig. 44 was found lying on the shore (L. 3299). It is ir- 

 regular in shape, the ends rounded, 

 section roughly trilateral. The substance 

 of the bone is now highly porous. Length 

 88 cm., thickness about 3 cm. It is pier- 

 ced with two fairly large holes, not set 

 parallel each to the other, but at an 



angle of about 60°. The interval between the holes is on the side 

 shown in the figure 28, on the reverse 5 cm. I am unable to say 

 to what use it could have been put. 



A remarkable item is the object shown in PI. XXII, 14, from 

 Syttenkilometernæsset (L. 3189). It is made of narwhal's tusk, 21 8 cm.. 



