SNOW TOOLS. 



305 



apu ya, or snow hut, they at the present day prefer a saw or a large steel 

 knife (for instance, a whaleman s boarding knife), if they can procure it, 

 but they still have many of the large saber-shaped ivory knives so com 

 monly used by the Eskimo everywhere for this purpose. These are. 

 however, more generally used for scraping snow oft their clothing, etc., at 



Flo. 305. Ivory snow knife. 



present. We brought home two of these knives, which do not differ in 

 any important respect from the many specimens collected by other ex 

 plorers in Alaska. 



No. 89478 [759], Fig. 305, is one of these saviu ra, &quot; like a knife.&quot; It 

 is of walrus ivory (following the natural outline of the tusk), l(i inches 



Km. 306. -Snow shovels. 



long. The blade is double-edged, the haft rounded on the edges and 

 laced along the lower edge for 3J inches with a double piece of sinew 

 braid. The object of this is to give the hand a firmer grip on the haft. 

 These knives are also used for cutting the blocks of snow to supply 

 the house with water. 



Snow shovels. The broad, short -handled snow shovel of wood with a 

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