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Morten P. Porsild. 



To the ernangnaq belongs a throwing stick the upper end of which is 

 arranged as on the throwing stick for a dart, while the other end is pro- 

 vided with a hole just as on throwing sticks for iinâq. The upper end 

 then acts upon a piece of bone situated at the root of the feathers. 

 Sometimes, however, an ernangnaq is also seen provided with a unâq- 

 throwing stick, but then it is a little heavier than usual. 



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Fig. 14. Throwing sticks. A for unâq; B-D for darts. 



There is, then, a decided relation between the weight of the shaft 

 and the length of the throw on the one hand and the type of the throw- 

 ing stick on the other hand. I am not in a position to offer any in- 

 formation as to why this must be so, as I cannot use these instruments 

 myself, and the Greenlanders, when questioned, cannot explain it either, 

 but content themselves with declaring that it must be so. 



The richer or poorer ornamentation of the throwing sticks with bone 

 edgings, the arrangement of finger-rests and the details of construction 

 vary according to the user's supply of bone of superior quality, his 

 working ability and taste, and according to local use and wont. 



