152 Morten P. Porsild. 



Fig. 16, m — p are various pieces of end-mountings {kai^dluat, 172) 

 for the paddle (paiitit, 273). The long, narrow socket is mainly produced 

 by boring. The paddle-blade {mulinga, 214) has here a tenon (kâgûnera 

 from kâgûpâ, 171, he connects two things by inserting the one into the 

 other) which is held fast with bone pegs. At the side are two smaller holes, 

 into which the edge-mountings of the blade (sinaussait, 327) are mortised. 



All are of whale's bone, m, however, is more compact in structure 

 than is general with this material. 



m, 0, p — good workmanship, Disco Fjord; n — clumsy. Kronprins 

 Eiland. 



The paddle to which о and p belong has been found by an old grave 

 in Disco Fjord. It is 1.8 metre long, the handle (tiguU, 363; tasiait, 

 Supplement, 48) is elliptical in transverse section, 2 x 3.5 cm. thick, 

 the blade at the kavdlo is 6 cm. broad in the wood, and 8 cm. including 

 the edge-mounting. The paddle with all its bone mountings weighs, 

 when dry, 700 grammes! 



On paddles from the Central Eskimo a circular band is sometimes 

 seen at the junction of the blade and the handle. It has to keep off 

 from the mitten the drip from the blade. For the same purpose, I have 

 sometimes seen here a small ring of skin or bone. 



Fig. 16, q, r, s are three movable foreshafts {igimaq, 74) for harpoon- 

 shafts; s has two line holes which is the regulation number, the others 

 have had three, q being broken. The latter has been fastened in an 

 unusual manner, as the uppermost hole on the one side and the lower- 

 most on the other have enlargements for a knot. Otherwise the lashing 

 {tavssutai, 358) which secures the igimaq is usually fastened lower down 

 round the shaft (see, e. g. Nansen's figure, p. 31). The pieces r and s 

 have a tenon {tuviussa from tuve, 378 a shoulder) below, which has fitted 

 down into a hollow in the end mounting of hard bone on the 

 shaft of the harpoon {qârqa, 135). If one has a piece of bone for 

 igimaq, which is big enough, it is preferable to make a hollow in the foot- 

 piece of the igimaq, pierce the qâteq, and drive in a bone tenon which 

 then fits the hollow. 



With a thrusting harpoon, of whatever kind it may be, a movable 

 foreshaft is naturally not used, as the seal, after the harpoon has struck, 

 is immediately released from the shaft, and then hangs only on the 

 line. The contrary has been wrongly maintained by Steensby (Eski- 

 mokulturen, p. 200). Cf. same author, "Polar Eskimos," p. 355. 



q. Hunde Eiland, whale's bone; r, s. Disco Fjord, Narwhal ivory. 

 The latter material is preferred by all for igimaq. 



Fig. 17 shows various small objects belonging to the implements 

 of the kayak, a — с are three swivels for lines {qivssarut, 149), all of 

 extremely careful workmanship. On all three the revolving bone piece 

 has been forced into its position when the bone had been heated in boil- 

 ing water; so it cannot fall off. a is a rather large, not particularly 



