Implements and Artefacts of the North-east Greenlanders. 



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long, breadth at middle Г5, increasing at the ends to 1'9 and barely 

 1 cm. thick. Section elliptical. The whole piece is very slightly 

 curved. There are two holes, set close together, at either end, con- 

 nected on the convex side by a groove intended to take the part of 

 the thong passed through the holes which lies between them (14 a); 

 there is no corresponding groove on the opposite side. The extreme 

 portion at either end, beyond the holes, is thinned down on the con- 

 cave side, so as to form a notch (14 b). It is probably some kind 

 of handle. 



PI. XXVI, 1 — 4 shows some objects made from reindeer horn. 

 PI. XXVI, 1, (L. 4142) is the tip of an antler cut off at the hinder 

 end, and but very slightly shaped ; the fore end is somewhat broader, 

 and fairly flat. The lateral edges have been evenly rounded, and 

 meet at the fore end in a blunt point. On the fore end, the sur- 

 face shows marks of the tool used for shaping. The extreme por- 

 tion is worn quite smooth, the wearing continues farther down the 

 right edge than the left, where it only runs for about 15 cm. The 

 length of the piece is 277 cm., greatest breadth 2-8. Possibly it may 

 have been intended as a snow-beater Ч It was found in the meat- 

 store 636 at the spring settlement at Rypefjeldet. 



PI. XXVI, 2 (L. 3522) is from house 132 at Renskæret. It is a 

 slip of reindeer horn, 295 cm. long, which has been split off from 

 the antler. One edge is rounded off at the fore end, so that the point 

 lies at the opposite edge. At the hinder end, on the outer side, part 

 of the bur is visible; on the inner side, that shown in the figure, 

 the inner tissue of the antler has not been removed. The specimen 

 is doubtless a preliminary stage of some implement, possibly 

 a kayak cleaner. 



PL XXVI, 4, (L. 3719) from a tent on the east shore of 

 Stormbugt, is also formed from a reindeer antler. At the 

 hinder end, the bur is preserved for its whole extent, on the 

 right in the figure, two branches have been cut off, but a 

 couple of small projections still remain on the site of the 

 hinder one. The forepart of the antler has been split down 

 to the shape of a knifeblade; the splitting off of another 

 piece at the hinder end, on the other hand, is doubtless due 

 to accident. The piece is 27*8 cm. long. 



The two foregoing specimens can only be regarded as 

 in the preliminary stages of workmanship; the next two, 

 however, PI. XXVI, 3 and Fig. 45, both found on Renskæret, 

 have, although shaped but to a primitive degree, been used 

 in the state in which the}^ now appear. They are rough 



^ Cf. Boas III, p. 407, Fig. 204, especially с 



Fig. 45. 



