MURDOCH.] 



COMHS FOR UKF.USKIXS. 



301 



sixteen teeth about 1 inch long. The. small holes near the other end 

 are for a lanyard to hang it up by. 



FIG. 301. Combs for eleaninK deerskins. 



Six of these combs have teeth at one. end only, the other three at both 

 ends. These teeth are generally about fifteen in number, and 1 inch or 

 a little over long. No. 89781 [1005], a very small comb only 2-9 inches 

 long, which belonged to the &quot;inland&quot; native Ilubw ga, has twenty teeth 

 0-0 inch long. These combs are usually about -1 or 4 inches long. No. 

 89550 [1017], Fig. 301 /&amp;gt;, from Utkiavwln is an unusually long comb, 5-3 

 inches long, which is peculiar in being solid except at the end which is 

 cut into teeth. 



Fig. 301c (No. 89359 [993]), from Utkiavwln is a double-ended comb, 

 having ten teeth on one end and thirteen on the other. It is 4-1 inches 

 long and made with considerable care, being ornamented with incised 

 rings colored with red ocher. This is a common implement at Point 

 Barrow, but seems unusual elsewhere. There is a single specimen from 

 the Diomedes in Mr. Nelson s collection. 



MANUFACTURE OF LINES OF THONG. 



No tools are iised for this purpose except a knife. I have seen a 

 small jackknife used for cutting the fine seal skin lines. The, workman 

 takes a wet skin from which the hair and epidermis have been removed 

 and sits down cross-legged on the ground with somebody else to hold 

 the skin stretched for him. Then holding the knife vertically up with 

 the edge away from him, he starts at one corner of the skin and cuts 

 a narrow strip in one continuous piece, going round and round the 



