436 THOMAS THOMSEN 



made entirely of bone, and others of bone with a stone edge. Three 

 specimens of the latter type are preserved in the National Museum, 

 two of them are shown by SOLBERG. l 



In North-east Greenland, heads grooved for insertion of an edge 

 have been found by RYDER at Scoresby Sound 2 , and by AMDRUP at 

 Dunholm 3 . The method of shaping tor attachment to the haft varies; 

 the sides may be narrowed, when the thongs would be carried round 

 the headpiece, as in PI. X, 10 and in the case of the specimen 

 from Dunholm, or holes may be bored in several parts of the head, 

 through which the lashings are passed. Where the head is broader 

 than the haft, the holes are bored vertically through the headpiece 

 as it lies 4 ; with a narrower head, on the other hand, the holes run 

 horizontally from one lateral edge to the other 5 . 



The axe-head shown by RYDER, in his Fig. 24 c, where the boring 

 runs horizontally, is a little, slender piece, which can only have 

 been used for delicate work; it measures 13'8 cm. long, 2'5 3 cm. 

 broad and up to 1'9 cm. thick, with three holes. With this may be 

 compared two specimens brought home by the Danmark Expedition 

 (PI. XVIII, 910). In appearance, they mostly resemble knife-handles, 

 but have two holes pierced through for thongs, and are flattened 

 on one of the broader sides, that lying against the haft. They are 

 slightly rounded off in front, and have a narrow groove there, whereas 

 the hinder end forms a flat surface, drilled off. Both were found 

 on the camping ground on the east shore of Stormbugt. 



L. 3683 (PI. XVIII, 9) was found between tents 32830. It is 11'5 cm. long; 

 at the middle 2'5 x 2 cm. thick. The breadth is somewhat greater at the fore 

 end, owing to the natural shape of the hone; the one broad side is flat, with 

 8 grooves as traces of its having been drilled off from the material. At the 

 hinder end, one of the lateral edges has been narrowed by drilling for a length 

 of 3'5 cm., the blade having evidently been too broad for the haft. As regards 

 the holes, the foremost of these was made at one drilling, the hindmost, 

 however, which lies close behind, is bored twice. The groove in the fore 

 end is rectangular, 1 cm. long and deep, 3 mm. in width. The specimen was 

 much overgrown with lichen. 



L. 3712 (PI. XVIII, 10) is from one of the tents 341344. It is 12 cm. long, 

 and fashioned from a piece of reindeer antler. The breadth increases towards 



1 SOLBERG PI. 7; the third, Mus. No. L. 5651, was subsequently received. The 

 blade of an axe, but without stone edge, from PFAFF'S Collection at Stockholm 

 Museum is shown by THALBITZER (I, Fig. 100); the two other specimens, shown 

 as axe heads, (Fig. 101 and 102) are heads of whaling harpoons. 



2 RYDER I, p. 325. Fig. 24, a-c. 



3 THALBITZER I, p. 449. 



4 RYDER I, Fig. 24 a. 



6 Loc. cit. Fig. 24 c (Mus. No. L. c. 1481, from Cape Stewart). All three methods 

 are likewise employed in West Greenland; two are shown in SOLBERG PI. 7. 



