280 



THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



FIG. 206. Small fishhooks. 



also from Utkiavwln). It is usually of brass or copper, rarely of iron. 



Two peculiar lures from Utkiavwln, are No. 56705 [150a arid 150fr]. 



The first, a, has a body of 

 brass of the usual shape, 

 and a copper hook, and the 

 other, i&amp;gt;, lias the body made 

 of a strip of thin brass to the 

 back of which is fastened a 

 lump of lead or pewter. The 

 hook appears to be made of 

 a common copper tack. We 

 were informed that these 

 lures were also used for 

 catching small fish, trout, 

 smelts, and perhaps gray 

 ling in the rivers in sum 

 mer. No. 89554 [950], Fig. 

 267 a, from Utkiavwlfi, is per 

 haps intended exclusively for this purpose, as it is larger than the others, 



(1.9 inch long) and highly ornamented with beads. Fig. 2676, No. 89783 



[1007], is one of these beaded lures (2 inches long), with an iron hook, 



undoubtedly for river fishing, as it belonged to the 



&quot;inland&quot; native, Ilu bw ga. It differs slightly in 



shape from the others, having two eyes at the small 



end into which is fastened a leader of sinew braid 3 



inches long. On this are strung four blue glass beads 



and one red one. 



No. [151] Fig. 268, from Utkiavwlfi, is a rod 



rigged for fishing in the rivers. The rod is a roughly 



whittled stick of spruce or pine, 27 inches long. One 



line is 43 and the other 36 inches long and each is 



made of two strips of whalebone of which the lower 



is light colored as usual. The shorter line carries a FIG. 267.-Hooks for river 



small plain ivory lure of the common pattern, and the tishmg. 



longer one a little flat barbless hook of copper with a broad flat shank. 



This was probably scraped bright and used without bait. The lines are 



FIG. 268. Tackle for river fishing. 



reeled in the usual manner on the rod, and the hooks caught into notches 

 on the sides of it. The small lures are called ni kslfi. 



1 Museum number effaced. 



