20 Kas BIRKET-SMITH. 
noose, and passed thence three times back and forth between the points; 
the fourth time it is only carried one way the whole length, and then 
back for 10cm. from the point, where it is fastened round stave and 
backing with a half-knot (Fig. 2, 6,), which may be taken as the 
termination of the lower layer. The thong is now carried along to the 
nearest shoulder, where it again forms a half-knot, making the 
commencement of the upper layer, and thence on again to the second 
shoulder, where it is carried round the stave in a sling; now running 
back to the first shoulder again it makes another sling, etc. so that at 
last we have at the one shoulder, 1 half-knot and 3 slings, at the second, 
4 slings. Finally, the loose end is carried in a half-knot and made 
fast round the grip. This bow was placed in the collection of what 
was then the Royal Ethnographical Museum in 1852—53, but had 
then already been for some time unknown in a private collection. 
Unfortunately, no information as to place of origin is available. 
Lb 1 (Fig. 2, a) has likewise the stave fashioned from a single 
piece of wood, this being, however, fairly dark and heavy; length 
135 cm. The wings are rearward curved, and curve slightly ward; at 
the angles, a flat piece of bone is placed on the back, and lashed fast 
with sealhide thong. Both back and inner side are flat, but the inner 
edges are rounded off. The grip is not distinctly marked off. One tip 
is broken off; the other has a small collar of skin, with the hair 
removed. The string is lacking. The backing consists of two parts, 
the lower one of sealhide thong, and the upper one of sinew thread 
twisted up into two cables, which are laid one alongside the other 
(Fig. 2, a); it has, however, in course of time become so worn, and in 
places broken, that it cannot be studied in detail. Between it and 
the stave a strip of whalebone is inserted. This interesting specimen 
was to be found as far back as the middle of the 18th century in the 
old "" Kunstkammer” collection. Unfortunately, in this case also no 
information as to locality is available. 
The primary arctic type is found outside Greenland at Southampton 
Island and on the west coast of Hudson Bayt; in addition, there is, 
as already mentioned, in the National Museum a specimen from King 
William's Land. SrerAnsson gives an illustration of one from Victoria 
Land?, and finally, there is in the National Museum one from the 
neighbourhood of the mouth of the Mackenzie River; 1. e. from the 
eastern part of the area inhabited by the Western Eskimo. 
1 Boas, Esk. Baffin L. and Huds. B., р. 64, 81; — Ejd. Cenir. Esk. р. 502 — 
Parry, p. 510 — Lyon, p. 327. 
2 STEFANSSON, Fig. 30, p. 86. 
