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the same locality, lias a flint point, mounted in a hollowed bone ferrule 

 to fit on tlie lower end of the sliaft. 



Figure 10, from Norton sound, is a drill having the iron point 

 mounted in a bone head, the base of which is divided by a wedge- 

 shapeslot in which the wooden shaft is mounted and held in place by 

 a wrapping of rawhide. 



Figure 9, from Cape Nome, is also an iron-point drill, mounted simi- 

 larly to the preceding except that the wooden shaft is held in position 

 in the bone head by rivets. 



Figure 3, from St Lawrence island, is a drill with a broad, flat point 

 of iron inserted in the wooden shaft without any wrapping or other 

 fastening. 



Figure 4, from St Lawrence island, is somewhat similarly mounted, 

 but the point of the shaft is tapered down and wrapped with a strip of 

 whalebone. 



Figure 5, from Norton sound, has a greenstone i)oint mounted in 

 the end of a wooden shaft and held in place by a wraj^ping of sinew. 

 Another specimen, from Hotham inlet, is provided with a finely made 

 nephrite point. 



Figure 6, from Paimut, is a similarly made greenish stone drill 

 point. 



Figure 2, from St Lawrence island, is another small drill. It has 

 the lower end of the stock narrowed down and w^rapped with sinew to 

 hold the point in positioii. 



The, large canine teeth of bears are commonly used for the cross 

 handles at the ends of the drill cords; they are drilled crosswise 

 through the middle, and the cord is then passed through and fastened 

 at each end. Figure 21, from Norton sound, is an example of these 

 handles. Various other forms of drill handles are used; some are 

 made from the wing-bones of waterfowl; others are carved from deer- 

 horn or ivory to represent seals, fish, or other forms. 



Figure 11, from Kotzebue sound, shows one of a pair of handles made 

 from smooth bars of walrus ivory, slightly curved on their outer surface 

 and having a double curve on the inside, in which the fingers rest 

 ^wheii grasping it. 



Figure 15, from St Michael, is another of these handles carved from 

 walrus ivory to represent two heads of a white bear. 



Figure; 20, from Paimut, represents a pair of handles, each in the 

 form of a fish-like creature with the tail of a white whale. Caps for 

 drill shafts to be used with double-hand cords are made usually with 

 the top smoothly rounded ; sometimes they are large enough only for 

 one hand, but ordinarily are made for grasping with both. Nearly all 

 of these objects are provided with a hole in one end for attaching to 

 the drill cord when not in use. They are generally made of wood, with 

 a piece of stone set in the lower side, in which is a small conical depres- 

 sion to receive the top of the shaft. 



