16 Kas BIRKET-SMITH. 
by the same man and under like circumstances; one of them has a 
backing of sinew thread (Fig. 1, с). A further two are preserved in 
the Kgl. Museum für Völkerkunde at Berlin (IVA 7365 and IVA 8047) 
while the pieces shown by KRoEBER! appear to be of the same form. 
Altogether then, this would seem to have been the common type in 
the Cape York District. It would in such case also have been native 
to Ponds Inlet in the north of Baffin Land, whence, as we know, the 
bow was introduced among the Polar Eskimo. Moreover the National 
Museum has six specimens from King William’s Land (in addition to 
the two already mentioned: P 91, 92, 93 and 95, all collected by the 
“Gjöa” Expedition). Possibly it extends still farther west, to Corona- 
tion Gulf. In Greenland, save for the Cape York District, in Labrador, 
and in the south of Baffin Land, it does not seem to have existed. 
The Aretic Type. 
As with the Eastern Type, we may also here distinguish between 
two forms, a simpler, primary, and a more developed, secondary. The 
latter is that described by Murpocu under the name “Arctic Туре”; 
it is doubtless found only among the Western Eskimo from the Mac- 
kenzie River to Norton Sound, and thus lies quite outside our sphere. 
The primary form, upon which the other is doubtless based, is on the 
contrary mainly an Eastern Eskimo type. To this belongs the com- 
mon bow from the West Coast, described by FAprıcıus, and to judge 
from the fragments collected from the East Coast, it would also appear 
to be the one used here. As might be expected, the now available 
material from Greenland is not extensive, and as it is for the most 
part restricted to our National Museum, it may not be out of place 
to give, first of all, a list of the collection there contained. 
West Greenland. 
Lb 1. Complete bow, origin unknown (Fig. 2, а). 
Le 565. — = ZZ — (Fig. 2, b). 
L 1957. Single curved bow stave, one piece, wood, 121 cm. More 
than half of a backing of braided sinew thread preserved, this 
being fastened at the grip by a piece of sealhide thong; at one 
tip a collar of skin with the hair removed (Fig. 2, c). Grave at 
Nûgssuaq, Ritenbenk District. 
Lb 232. Single curved bow stave, in on piece, wood, 128 cm. Оедег- 
tarssugsuk, Christianshaab District. 
Lb 233. Single curved bow stave, one piece, wood, with nail holes for 
fixing whalebone, 144 cm. Qegertarssugsuk, Christianshaab District. 
L 4568. Bow stave in one piece, wood, rearward curving wings, 118 cm. 
Disko, Godhavn District. PorsıLp’s Coll.? 
1 KROEBER, р. 276, Fig. 10. 
2 cf. P-ORSILD, р: 160. 
