ART. 14 



FIRE-MAKING APPARATUS — HOUGH 



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of the walrus tusk. In another, the most common form of the bow, 

 its section is nearly an isoceles triangle, one angle coming in the cen- 

 ter of the belly of the bow. 

 The head is intended to be 

 held in one or both hands; 

 it agrees in form with the 

 rude St. Lawrence Island 

 heads. 



Dr. E. W. Nelson collected 

 at Unalakleet, in Norton 

 Sound, a fire drill, and the 

 native names of the parts. 

 The name of the set is "66- 

 j66-gutat"; the mouthpiece, 

 "na-gh66-tuk"; the drill, 

 " 66-j66-ga-tuk " ; the hearth 

 of tinder wood, "athl-uk"; 

 the bow, " arshu-l6w-shuk- 

 pish-ik-sin-uk." 



This is a complete set (fig. 

 30) in first-rate order. The 

 hearth has central holes along 

 a deep median groove. Its 

 bottom is flat, and it is 

 rounded off on the sides and 

 ends. All the parts are of 

 pine wood, decorated in 

 places with red paint. The 

 drill is quite long, much 

 longer than in any Eskimo 

 set observed. It resembles 

 more the Indian drill for 

 rubbing between the hands. 

 The bow is of wood, which 

 also is quite the exception 

 in other Eskimo regions, 

 where it is of ivory. There 

 are many bows of antler 

 from Norton Sound in the 

 Museum, some of them 

 skillfully and truthfully en- 

 graved. The mouthpiece is plain; not very well made. It is set 

 with a square block of marble. It has the usual hole in one of the 

 wings for the passage of a thong. 



Fig. 30.— Fire-making set (hearth showing median 

 GROOVE). Cat. No. 33166, U.S.N. M. Eskimo of Nor- 

 ton Sound, Alaska. Collected by E. W. Nelson 



