Implements and Artefacts of the North-east Greenlanders. 



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North-east Greenland. It is somewhat heavier, and fashioned of rein- 

 deer antler, otherwise corresponding in shape and size. The lower 

 end terminates in a surface some 4 mm. in extent, at the cen- 

 tre of which a similar slight depression is noticeable, the 

 depth in this case being even less, not quite 1 mm. 



The little tool made of reindeer horn (L. 3486) shown in 

 Fig. 48, was found in house 132 on Renskseret. It is a piece 

 from the tip of the antler, 8'4 cm. long. At the broad end it 

 has been cut off straight, and here a hole has been made, 

 about 1 cm. long, greatest breadth 0'5 cm. and about 1 cm. 

 deep, apparently intended for the insertion of a 

 knife-blade or other instrument. At the thinner 

 end, the antler has been flattened somewhat on 

 both sides, and at the tip itself there is a fine 

 hole as in Fig. 47, but slightly oblong, and about 3 mm. deep. 

 The piece of bone shown in Fig. 49 (L. 4098) was 

 found in tent 552 at Rypefjeldet. It is 12 cm. long, the 

 end turned downwards in the figure still shows distinct 

 marks of the drill with which it was cut off. The left 

 side has been shaped so as to render the piece more 

 quadrilateral in section, whereas the remaining sides have 

 retained their natural rounded form. At the upper part, 

 for about 2 2*5 cm., all four faces slope slightly down 

 towards the end itself, which is shaped flat, and appears 

 to have been the part of the implement intended for use. 

 Fig. 50 shows a flat point of bone (L. 3325) from 

 house 141 on Maroussia. It is 10'8 cm. long, but a por- 

 tion has been broken off at one end. The breadth is greatest at the 

 middle, 9 mm., decreasing gradually thence towards the ends. Thick- 

 ness of the lower half about 5 mm., decreasing from the middle 

 upwards to about 3 mm. The point is blunt, and worn smooth. 

 A point of exactly the same sort, but more roughly fash- 

 ioned, (L. 3534) was found in house 133 on Renskaeret. It is 

 made from a splinter of reindeer horn, from which not even 

 the inner tissue has been removed. The point, which is rounded 

 and blunt, is the only part which has been worked to any 

 degree. The length is 17'3 cm. between point and hinder end, 

 but the whole piece has in course of time warped somewhat, 

 and is now slightly curved. The greatest breadth is 8, greatest 

 thickness 7 mm. 



A very long, thin, fairly rounded point of bone (L. 3311) 

 was found in house 140 on Maroussia. Length 31'3 cm.; greatest Fi g <5 ~o. 

 thickness is near the hinder end, and amounts to only 1-1 x i/ 2 . 



Fig. 49. 



