258 THE POINT HARROW KSKIMO. 



neatly carved, mittens, respectively 1-9 and 1-8 inches long, put together 

 wrist to wrist with the palms up; and lying across the joint above, a 

 little seal 1 inches long, belly down. A hole runs through each wrist 

 and through the belly of the seal. The, mittens are ornamented on the 

 back with a blackened incised pattern, and the seal has blue glass beads 

 for eyes and blackened incised spots on the back. The longer end of 

 the thong runs up through the right mitten, across through the seal, 

 and down through the left mitten. It is then passed through a slit 1 

 inch from the end of the shorter part and slit itself. Through this slit 

 is passed the bight of the thong, all drawn up taut and seized with 

 sinew braid. 



No. 89467 [755], from Utkiavwlfi, is a similar drag, put together in 

 much the same way, but it has the mittens doweled together with two 

 wooden pins, and a seal s head with round bits of wood inlaid for eyes, 

 ears, and nostrils, in place, of the seal. The longitudinal perforation in 

 this head shows that it was originally strung lengthwise on one of these 

 lines. The &quot;double slit splice&quot; of the two ends of the thong is worked 

 into a complicated round knot, between which and the handle the two 

 parts of the line are confined by a tube of ivory 1 inch long, ornamented 

 with deeply incised patterns. Fig. 257ft is the upper part of a line (No. 

 56622 [36], from Utkiavwfii), with a similar tube If inches long, and a 

 handle carved from a single piece into a pair of mittens like the others. 



No. 56625 [81], also from Utkiavwiii, is almost exactly similar to the 

 one first described, but has the seal belly up. Fig. 257 (No. 89470 

 [1337], from the same village) lias a seal 2-3 inches long for the handle, 

 and No. 56626 [212], from tltkiavwlii, is like, it, No. 89469, [755aJ Fig. 

 251d, from Utkiavwln, has for a handle the head of a&amp;gt; bearded seal 1-6 

 inches long, neatly carved from walrus ivory, with round bits of wood 

 inlaid for the eyes and ears. It is perforated longitudinally from the 

 chin to the back of the head, and a large hole at the throat opens into 

 this. The longer end of the thong is passed in at the chin and out at 

 the back of the head ; the shorter, in at the baek of the head and out at 

 the throat; the two ends brought together between the standing parts 

 and all stopped together with sinew braid. 



No. 56627 [45], Fig. 257e, has a handle made of two ivory bears heads, 

 very neatly carved, with circular bits of wood inlaid for eyes, and per 

 forated like the seal s head just described. The thong is doubled in the 

 middle and each end passed through oue of the heads lengthwise, so as 

 to protrude about 7 inches. About 4 inches of end is then doubled 

 over, thrust through the throat hole of the opposite head, and brought 

 down along the standing parts. All the parts are stopped together 

 witli sinew braid. This makes a small becket above the handle. 



We collected seven knobs for these drag lines, of which six are seals 

 heads and one a bear s. They are all made of walrus ivory, apparently 

 each a single tooth, and not a piece of tusk, and are about 1 inches to 

 2 inches long. They are generally carved with considerable skill, and 



