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THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



and lias four beckets of the same material, two in the usual position 

 and two at the widest part of the shank. These take the plaee of the 

 loop running across the butt. On the middle of the back of each arm 

 is a small cross incised and blackened with a small blue glass bead in 

 laid in the center, and there are two whale s tails on the opposite face 

 of the shank. It is 8 inches long. 



No. 8941!) [920], from Nuwfik, has a nearly straight shank with a 

 flange on each side at the butt. It is lashed together with whalebone 

 and has also a treenail, like the type. The upper beckets are of sinew- 

 braid. A large becket at the butt is made by looping and knotting 

 the ends of a bit of thong into a hole in each flange. There is one 

 whale s tail engraved on the front of the shank. When lashed in posi- 



Fi. 348. Ivory rrotch for 

 harpoon. 



Km. :!49. Crotch for li:ij)oon maoV 

 of walrus juw. 



tion the front or ornamental side faces inboard, as is indicated by the 

 shape of the shank, which is slightly narrower behind than in front, 

 so as to fit between the converging gunwales. No. 81)17 1 1104], Fig. 

 34!), from &quot;Nuwuk, the only one of the kind seen, is a very interesting 

 form. It is made by cutting a horizontal slice out of the lower jaw of 

 a walrus, .so that it form the arms of the crotch, while the thick sym- 

 physis is cut into a shank of the usual shape, with the two upper beckets 

 in the usual place and a large one at the butt, passing through a trans 

 verse hole. These beckets are roughly made of thong. Its total length 

 is (!(&amp;gt; inches. 



This specimen from its soiled condition is undoubtedly quite ancient, 

 and probably of an older type than the highly ornamented ivory crotches 



