386 



TIIIC POINT HARROW ESKIMO. 



groove 0-2 inch from the edge of the hoop and ().. { inch wide, running 

 round the hoop, where it is secured by three or four turns of sinew 

 braid. The end of this string is crossed back and forth four or five times 

 round the handle, where it is fitted to the hoop and then wrapped around 

 it and finished off with a knot. 



No. 50742 [514], from Utkiavwifi, is a similar drum, but somewhat 

 larger, the hoop being 24-G inches long and 22 inches wide. It is of 

 the same materials, except that the strap at the joint is of reindeer 

 antler. Opposite the joint the hoop appears to have shown signs of 

 weakness, as it has been strengthened with two straps of walrus ivory, 

 one on the inside and one on the outside of the hoop, fastened together 



by stitches of sinew 

 which pass through the 

 wood and through both 

 straps. The inside strap 

 is 4-7 inches long, the 

 outer . 5-5 inches long, 

 and only half the width 

 of the rim, and is let into 

 the latter. This strap ap 

 pears to have been put 

 on first, as at each end 

 there, is a stitch which 

 only runs through the 

 wood. The handle is fastened on as before, but has two transverse 

 holes instead of one, and has four deep rounded notches for the lingers. 

 (See Fig. , 584.) The joint is tightened by driving a thin sliver of wood 

 in at the bottom of the notch. 



No. 5&amp;lt;!7i3 [31], from Utkiavwin, closely resembles the type, but has 

 a notch for the thumb as well as for the forefinger on the handle. The 

 hoop is 2, 5-5 inches long and 21 wide. No. 5(i740 [80] from the same 

 village is rather smaller than the ordinary drums, having a hoop l&amp;lt;-2 

 inches long and 14-7 wide. The handle is of antler, but has the usual 

 face on the large end. 



We also brought home eight handles for these drums, which exhibit 

 but slight variations. The commonest material for the handle is wal 

 rus ivory. Only two out of the twelve are of antler. They are usually 

 about 5 inches long (the longest is 5-4 inches and the shortest 4-(&amp;gt;). 

 Handles with grooves for the fingers and sometimes for the thumb seem 

 to be quite as common as the plain handles. Fig. 385 represents an 

 ivory handle from Nuwiik (No. 802(57 [808] ), which has a groove for 

 each finger and a shallow one on the right side for the thumb. It is 5 

 inches long. 



With one exception all these handles have the large end more or less 

 neatly carved into a human face, with the mouth open as if singing, 



Flo. ^84. Handle of drum secured to rim 



