262 



THK POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



blackened inside. They were not always made of wood, as there are 

 two specimens in the collection made of a piece of antler, following the 



natural curve of the beam, 

 divided longitudinally, with 

 the softer inside tissue hol 

 lowed out. 



Fig. 260 (No. 89701 [763], 

 from Utkiavwlii) represents 



F,G.260._Boue S11 ,,w K , ()m&amp;gt; of ^^ specimens [ 



do not recollect ever seeing goggles of this material in actual use. No. 

 89703 [754], Fig. 261, is an unusual pattern, having along the top a hori 

 zontal brim about one-half 

 inch high, which serves for 

 an additional shade to the 

 eyes. Above this are two 

 oblique holes opening into 

 the cavity inside, wliich are 

 probably for the purpose of 

 ventilation, to prevent the 

 moisture from the skin from 

 being deposited as frost on 

 the inside of the goggles or 

 on the eyelashes. I do not 

 remember having seen such 



goggles WOrn. Dall figures Fl 261. Wooden snow goggles, unusual form. 



a similar pair from Norton Sound, and those brought by Mr. Turner from 

 Ungava have a similar brim and ventilating holes. The snow goggles 



mentioned in Parry s Second 

 Voyage (p. 547) as occasion 

 ally seen at Iglulik, but more 

 common in Hudson s Strait, 

 appear to have resembled 

 these, but had a brim 3 or 4 

 inches deep. 



Meat - cache markertt. We 

 purchased a couple of little 

 ivory rods, each with a little 

 bunch of feathers tied to one 

 end, which we were told were 

 used by the deer hunters to 

 mark the place where they 

 had buried the flesh of a deer 

 in the snow. This implement 

 is called tu kusia. 

 no. 282.-.Mark,.r ir mrat ca.he. -pig. 262, represents one of 



these (No. 89531 [978] from Nuwuk). It is a flat, slender rod of white 

 walrus ivory. Hi indies long, and evidently broken off at the tip. The 



