494 THOMAS THOMSEN 



Various Items 464 



Bone implements 464, wooden articles 468, items of whalebone 472. 



Concluding Remarks 474 



Stage and age of the culture 474. A find suggesting a habitation of the northern east coast before 

 1726 476. Cultural relations to the other Greenland tribes (similarities to West- Greenland 

 types, but scarce connection to Angmagsalik types; transitional types in the District of Sco- 

 resby S6und) 479. Thostrup's hypothesis on the wanderings of the Eskimo within North-east 

 Greenland 485. Relations to the American Eskimo 486. 



Works cited.. 489 



Illustrations. 



Text Figures. 



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Fig. 1. Wooden implement, probably a tiller, drifted ashore. Rypefjeldet, grave 



529 368 



2. Bear figures of ivory. Snenaes, house 406 375 



3. Bear figure of ivory. The same as Fig. 2 b 376 



4. Harpoon heads, Type I. From houses at Rypefjeldet 380 



6. Harpoon head with bone blade, Type II a. Renskaeret, house 134 380 



6. Harpoon heads, Type lib. a and c from Renskaeret, houses 134 and 132; 



b and d from Rypefjeldet, houses 527 and 522 381 



7. Harpoon head, Type lib. East shore of Stormbugt, tent 328 381 



8. Harpoon head, Type III. Renskseret, house 132 382 



9. Unfinished harpoon heads. Spring settlement at Rypefjeldet, b. from 

 tent 607 382 



- 10. Unfinished harpoon head. Renskaeret house 131 383 



- 11. Finger rests of bone for weapon shafts, a b Rypefjeldet; c Renskaeret, 



house 132 " 392 



- 12. Sealing stool. East shore of Stormbugt, in one af the tents 34144 394 



- 13. Shaft prong for bird dart. Maroussia, house 141 396 



14. Shaft prong for bird dart (toy). East shore of Stormbugt 396 



- 15. Prong for salmon spear. Rypefjeldet 397 



- 16. Prong for fish spear. Spring settlement at Rypefjeldet 397 



- 17. Barb for side prong of salmon spear. Maroussia, house 144 398 



- 18. Implements of bone for twisting the backing of the bow (* b twisters, 



c e marline spikes), a and e. East shore of Stormbugt, a. from a tent, e 

 from house 319, b Rypefjeldet, c- d Snenacs, house 406 403 



- 19. Bow of whalebone. Renskaeret, house 131 404 



- 20. Arrowhead. Rypefjeldet 406 



- 21. Arrowheads, a Rypefjeldet, b Renskaeret, house 134 406 



- 22. Obtuse arrowheads, a Renskaeret, house 130, b Thomas Thomsens Nses, 



c Bastionerne 408 



- 23. Fragments of wooden cross-bars for the sledge, a Renskaeret, house 134, 



b Spring settlement at Rypefjeldet 415 



24. Bone buckle for dog harness. West of Hvalrosodden 418 



- 26. Wooden reinforcements for knife handles. Renskaeret, houses 134 and 131 428 



- 26. Bone knives with slit for the cutting edge. Renskreret, house 133 429 



- 27. Wooden axe-haft. Renskaeret, house 132 437 



28. Wooden axe-haft. Renskaeret, at the settlement 126139 437 



