AMULETS. 441 



not likely that the use of these is confined to the women, as his words, 

 &quot; Ellesy portent,&quot; would seem to imply. Among the sedentary Ghukches 

 of Siberia amulets were seen consisting of wooden forks and wood or ivory 

 carvings. 1 A wolf s skull, hung up by a thong; the skin, together with the 

 whole cartilaginous portion of a wolf s nose, and a flat stone, are also men 

 tioned. 2 Capt. Holm also found wonderfully similar customs among 

 the East Greenlanders. He says, 3 &quot;b;ere alle Folk Amuletter at de 

 inest forskjelligartede Ting&quot; to guard against sickness and to insure 

 long life, and also for specific purposes. The men wear them slung 

 round the neck or tied round the upper arm, the women in their knot 

 of hair or &quot;i Snippen foran paa Pelsen.&quot; 



NnrdrnskioliI, Vega, vol. 2, p. 12fi. 



Vega, vol. 1, p. 503. 



Geocniti.sk Tidskrilt, vol. 8, p. 94. 



