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THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



Via. 23. Stono maul. 



These mauls vary considerable in size. The largest is 7-1 inches long 

 and 2-5 in diameter, and the smallest 2-1 inches long by 24. This is a 

 very small hammer, No. 50634 [83] having a haft only 4-7 inches long. 

 The haft is usually about 5 inches long. The longest (belonging to one 

 of the smaller heads, 4 inches by 2) is 7-2 inches long, and the shortest 

 (belonging to a slightly larger head, 4-7 by 3-1 inches) is 4-5 inches. The 

 largest two heads, each 7-1 by 2-5 inches, have hafts 5 inches long. 



The lashing of all is put on in the same general way, namely, by se 

 curing one end round the head and through the eye, then taking a varia 

 ble number of turns round 

 the head and through the 

 hole, and tightening these 

 up by wrapping the end 

 spirally round all the parts, 

 where they stretch from 

 head to haft on each side. 

 Seal thong, narrow orbroad, 

 is more generally used than 

 sinew braid (only three specimens out of the thirteen have lashings of 

 sinew). When broad thong is used the loop is made by splicing, as 

 follows: A slit is cut about 1J inches from the end of the thong, and 

 the end is doubled in a bight and passed through this slit. The end is 

 then slit and the other 

 end of the thong passed 

 through it and drawn 

 taut, making a splice 

 which holds all the 

 tighter for drawing on 

 it. A simple loop is tied 

 in sinew braid. 



The following figures 

 will illustrate the most 

 important variations in 

 the form of this imple 

 ment. Fig. 23, No. 56634 

 [83] from Utkiavwin, has 

 a head of light gray 

 pectolite, slightly trans 

 lucent, and evidently 

 ground flat on the faces, 

 and the haft is of reindeer antler, with a slight knob at the butt. A 

 square piece of buckskin is doubled and inserted between the head and 

 haft. The lashing is of fine sealskin twine, and the spiral wrapping is 

 carried wholly round the head. This was the first stone maul collected, 

 and was put together at the station, as mentioned above. It is rather 

 smaller than usual. Fig. 24, No. 56637 [196], from Utkiavwm, has the 



FIG. 24. Stone maul. 



