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THE POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



Hear arrows. These are of three kinds, all having a broad, sharp pile, 

 often barbed. The first kind has a pile of flaked flint, called kfiki (&quot;claw&quot; 

 or &quot;nail &quot;), and was known as knkl ksadlin (&quot;provided or fitted with claw 

 material&quot;). Of this kind we have eight complete arrows and one shaft. 



No. 89240 [2&quot;)], Fig. 182, will serve as the type. The pile is of black 

 flint, double, edged and sharp pointed, 2 inches long, with a short tang 

 inserted into a cleft in the end of the stele, and secured by a whipping 

 of about fifteen turns of fine sinew. The stele is of spruce, 25 inches 



-rjffit ^ &quot;&quot;I- 



Fin. 182. Flint-lieadcil arrow (kuklksatlllii). 



long and four-tenths inch in diameter, and painted with red ocher from 

 the feathering to 5 inches from the pile. The three feathers, apparently 

 those of the gyrfalcon, have their ends simply whipped to the stele. 

 They are G inches long. This is one of the two arrows 

 from Nuwuk with three feathers. 



No. 72780 [234 a], from Sidaru, is feathered with three 

 raven feathers, of which the small ends are wedged into 

 slits in the wood. The pile is of brown jasper, long and 

 IB) lancet-tipped, expanding into rounded wings at each 

 side of the base. The stele is peculiar 

 only in being slightly widened in front 

 of the nock. It is of pine, 20-8 inches 

 long, and painted with two rings, one 

 red and one green, at the middle of the 

 feathering. 



The only variations of importance in 

 these arrows are in the shape of the pile, 

 which is made of black or gray flint, or 

 less often of jasper, mostly variegated, 

 brown and gray. There are four pat 

 terns to be found in the series of eight 

 arrows and twenty-two stone piles. The 

 first is long and narrow, like No. 5G704 

 [232], Fig. 183, from Utkiavwin, which i io. i4. short flint 

 is of gray flint. The next is similar in 

 shape, but shorter, as shown in Fig. 182 (No. 89240 [25], 

 from Nuwiik), which is only 2 inches long, exclusive of 

 the tang. The third pattern, which is less common than 

 ^ t&$ the others, is about the si/e of the last, but rhombqidal 

 . in shape (Fig. 184, No. 5(J(!91c [G4f], from Utkiavwin, of 



FIG. 1H3. Long flint v 



i ii&quot;. dark grayish brown flint, rather coarsely flaked). The 



fourth kind is very short, being not over l.J inches, including the half- 

 inch tang, but is 1 inch broad, thick and convex on both faces. It is 

 triangular, witli a square base and curved edges (Fig. 185, No. 56702ft 

 ], from Utkiavwlu, newly made for sale). 



