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figure, is pointed for lengthening. The third specimen has a 

 split at each end, but it is evidently not the part which constitutes 

 the grip; this bow must thus have consisted of more than three 

 pieces; at the inner angles of the splits there is a hole evidently 

 drilled to prevent the wood from splitting during the cutting of 

 the slit. 



In PL XVIII, 6 is figured a fragment, 36*8 cm. long, the 

 end of a narrow and slender bow (L. 3244), found on Syttenkilo- 

 meternaBsset. It is 2*3 cm. broad at the point, tapering to 2'1 cm. 

 at the bend, \vhich is situated 20 cm. farther up; from there it 

 again increases in breadth to 2-6 cm. At the end the thickness is 

 I'l cm. and within the bend 1 cm. It is undoubtedly a child's bow 

 and therefore not included in the table on p. 401. 



Mus. No. L. 3662, from the same locality as L. 366061, is the 

 end of a bow, 32*6 cm. long; it appears to have terminated in a 

 slit, but the fragment has no longer its full breadth; it is 1*5 cm. 

 thick at the end, I'l cm. at the middle and 1-4 cm, at the point 

 where it is broken off. 



The only complete bow from these regions was brought home 

 by the NATHORST Expedition from Cape Weber 1 ; judging from the 

 illustration it closely resembled those described above. 



It is probably justifiable to compare the North-east Greenland 

 bow with the type from Southampton Island 2 : the manner in which 

 its separate parts, if it is composed of several pieces, are joined 

 together is also the same 3 . 



That the wooden bow, here as elsewhere among the Eskimo, 

 has had a sinew backing is in itself obvious; it is confirmed by 

 the find of implements which have been used for twisting the back- 

 ing, viz. the twister and the marline spike (Fig. 18). These bone 

 implements are well-known; MURDOCH* has discussed the use of 

 the twister, and both the implements have often been described and 

 figured 5 . They have also been found in North-east Greenland by 

 most expeditions 6 . They will therefore be but briefly dealt with 

 here. 



L. 380708 and 402526. A set consisting of two twisters and two mar- 

 line spikes (PL XIII, 7 and Fig. 18, cd). The twisters are thin and narrow, 7'6 

 cm. long, and 68 mm. broad, with a large hole at the centre. The marline 



1 NATHORST, pp. 344345. 2 BOAS III, p. 64, Fig. 85, a b. 8 BOAS III, p. 39."), 

 Fig. 189, b. 4 MURDOCH II, pp. 315 16 and Plates X XI. 5 Cf. MURDOCH I, 

 pp. 291294; BOAS III, p. 83; NELSON, p. Ill, Fig. 30. 6 KOLDEWEY, p. <>l)3, 

 Fig. 16; RYDER I, p. 311, Fig. 11; STOLPE, PI. IV, 13. 



