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IMPLEMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS 



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SNOW BEATERS 



For beating snow irom boots, clothing, and other articles made of 

 fur, the western Eskimo use a long,, flattened piece of bone,' ivory, or 

 deerhorn. Some of these are nearly straight, while others are more 

 or less curved. 



Figure 21, 1, represents a beater of this kind, from Sabotnisky, made 

 from walrus ivory, smaller at one end, where a strip of wood is lashed 

 on the inner side by means of rawhide, cord iu order to give a firmer 

 grip. This implement is suboval in cross section and is much heavier 

 than is usually the case. 



Fig. 21— Show beaters (f^). 



A strongly curved beater from the lower Yukon (figure 21, 2) is made 

 from split deerhorn with a knob, carved into the form of a man's head, 

 terminating the handle. A snow beater brought from St Lawrence 

 island is exactly like the one from the h)wer Yukon in shape and mate- 

 rial, including the knob at the end of the handle, except that the latter 

 is not carved. 



The specimen from Sledge island shown in figure 21, 4, is made from 

 walrus ivory, with a rounded wooden handle fitted upon one end; on 

 the inside it has a central ridge and on the back is a broad, shallow 

 groove. 



A long snow beater from Cape Prince of Wales (figure 21, 5) is made 

 of a thin piece of whalebone, narrowed a little toward the handle and 



