Implements and Artefacts of the North-east Greenlanders. 



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PL XXIV, 5, and the fragments of weapon shafts PL XVII, 12 and 

 of the sledge cross-bars PL XVI, 5 6. Several others now remain 

 to be described. 



The objects shown in Fig. 53 

 are particularly worthy of mention. 

 Both are unfortunately imperfect, 

 the forepart in each case being 

 defective, so that we cannot deter- 

 mine the use to which they were 

 put. The grip part is hollowed out 

 for the four fingers, and a space 

 has been cut for the thumb on 

 the right edge. The shaft or blade 

 is flat, with the lateral edges evenly 

 rounded off. 



Fig. 53 b (L. 3218) is in present 

 state 30*1 cm. long; the fore end is 

 bevelled off for lashing on the fore- 

 part of the tool, now missing. The 

 grip has originally been broader; 

 on the left side it terminates in a 

 flat surface 1*2 cm. thick, which 

 must have been shaved down to 

 receive another part of the grip, 

 now lost, but which would have 

 reached some 10'5 cm. down towards 

 the middle, and been lashed to the 

 main piece in two places, just in 

 front of and behind the hollow for 

 the fingers; part of the lashing, 

 which was of whalebone thread, is 

 still preserved. In addition, the 

 front fastening has been strength- 

 ened with two nails. Immediately 

 in front of the grip, the breadth is 

 somewhat less; from the middle to 

 the fore end, however, it remains 

 nearly uniform throughout, about 

 3-5 cm. Thickness 1-6 1/8. 



Fig. 53 a (L. 3219) is much 

 weatherworn, and overgrown with 

 moss and lichen. It is thus impossible to see whether the present 

 breadth of the grip, only 2'8 cm., answers to the original dimension; 

 XLIV. 33 



Fig. 53. '/ 2 . 



