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which they are caught in a small trap and removed. The louse- 



trap usually consists of a small piece of hare or bear skin fastened 



to two cords with which it may be 

 passed under the clothes. The 

 louse-rake or back-scratcher 

 may have various forms. Boas illus- 

 trates one (Fig, 66) from Hudson 

 Bay which consists of a piece of whale- 

 bone the end of which is bent to a 

 right angle and sharpened. My figure 

 63, A shows a more common form 

 which I have seen figured elsewhere 

 also, but I do not now remember 

 where; it consists of a stick thrust 

 through an oblong hole in a piece 

 of oval-shaped, flat bone (antler), the 

 edges of which are carefully sharpen- 

 ed. Into the end of the stick is 

 inserted a wedge which is fastened 

 with a bone nail. In the one direction 

 the bone piece may somewhat alter 

 the angle it forms with the handle. 

 It is called kimgut (of kumigpoq, 192). 

 Qeqertaq, in the district of Riten- 

 benk. 



Fig. 63, 5 is a comb {igdlaigutit, 

 84) made from the hard shell of a 

 piece of antler. Sarqaq. 

 Fig. 64:, A is a bone button in the form of a toggle, intended 



to be buttoned in a bone ring or a strap, i? is a small piece of 



bone which has been fastened 



to the end of a line so that 



the line could easily be caught 



hold of, even with mittens on, 



when it should be loosened. 



Both are from Hunde Eiland. 

 Fig. 65, a is a snuff-box 



{sunôrsivik ,346) made from a 



piece of walrus tusk and decora- 

 ted with six rectangular figures 



in raised work. The bottom is 



of wood fastened with bone nails. 



The lid is also of wood capped with ivory. It is fastened with a couple 



of wooden pegs, which project so far out that they may easily be 



Fig. 63. A louse-rake (back-scrat- 

 cher) and a comb. 



Fig. 64. A small bone toggle, and the 

 fish-shaped butt of a line, worn on dress. 



