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THE POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



[43], from Utkiavwlil) is a handle of different material (reindeer antler) 

 and of somewhat different pattern. One end is neatly carved into an 

 exceedingly accurate image of the head of a reindeer which has shed 



Fio. 170. Bag handles. 



its antlers, with small blue beads inlaid for the eyes. The back of the 

 handle is ornamented with an incised pattern colored with red ocher. 

 We were told that such handles were sometimes fitted to the wooden 

 buckets, but I never saw one so used. 



No. 89798 [1075], Fig. 171, is a bag of rather unusual pattern, the 

 only one of the kind we saw. The bottom is a single round piece, 9 



inches in diameter, of what seems 

 to be split skin of the bearded 

 seal, flesh side out, and the rest 

 of the bag is of white -tanned 

 seal leather. The sides are of 

 five broad pieces (G, 4, 4, o, and 

 5 inches broad at the bottom, re 

 spectively, narrowing to 2, 1, 

 1J, 2, and 2J, respectively, at 

 the top), alternating with five 

 straight strips, respectively 1J, 

 1, 1, 1J, and 1 inches broad. 

 The edges of these strips overlap 

 the edges of the broad pieces, 

 and are neatly stitched with two 



threads, as on the soles of the waterproof boots. The outer thread, 

 which is caught in the loop of each stitch of the other, is a slender fila 

 ment of black whale-bone. This produces a sort of embroidery. The 

 neck is stitched to the bag with the same seam, but the hem at the 

 mouth is merely &quot;run&quot; round with sinew. This bag was probably for 

 holding small tools and similar articles. 



