airuDocH.) LAlSI-iETS. 



resembles the i)lu;^s li-ured l,y Dull tVoiu Xoi 



hole in the tip for the transverse wooden peg. 



Barrow. Oue youth was weaiin.u the linal siz 



at the tstatlou. These were luoimht to a poii 



tusk, and had exactly the appearance ol ihi 



when they first protrude beyond the li]i. ' 



Barrow at the present day aie usually <ptt\\<i 



flat, circular disk about \.\ inclies in dianiet 



back something like that of a sleevebutto 



cyliudrieal plug about 1 inch long, and one-half inch in diameter, with the 



protruded end rounded and the other e\paiide(l into au oblong tlange, 



presenting a slightly c-urv<'<l surface to tin' gum. These idug labrets 



are the common fashion for everyday wear, and at the present day, 



as in Dr. Simpson's time, arc almost w itlioiit exception made of stone. 



Granite or syenit<?, i)or])hyry. white marltle, and sometimes coal (rarely 



jade) are used for this ]iui]>osc. 



One of the Xuruitahmiiin wore a glass cruet-stoiiper for a laliret. and 

 niaHy natives of rtkia\wiu took the glass stopples of Worcestersliire 

 .sauee bottles, which weic thrown away at the station, and inserted them 

 in the labict holes for everyday wear, sometimes grinding the round 

 to], into an olilong stud. There is one s]iccimen of the plug labret 

 in the collection, l.abrets of all kinds are very highly prized, and it 

 was almost im])ossible to obtain them.' Though we repeatedly asked 

 for them and i)romised to pay a good juice, genuine labrets that had 

 been worn or that were intended for actual use were very rarely ottered 

 for sale, though at one time a huge number of roughly made models or 

 imitations weie lirought in. The single specimen of the jilug laliret 

 (tu'tu) is No. 81)700 [lI(i.'5J (figured in Point Harrow Report. Kthiiology, 

 PI. V, Fi}?. ;{). It is a cylindrical plug of hard, bright green stone 

 (jadeor hyiiochloritc). 1-1 in.hes long and d-d in diameter at the outer 

 «nd, which is rouiide<l olf, tapering slightly inward 

 and expanded at the base into an .-llipticai disk !•- 

 inches long and 0-!» broad, slightly concave on the 

 surlace which rests against the teeth and gum. The ^'■: ^ 



sjiecimeii is old and of a material \ery unusual at 

 Point r.airow. Fig. !I2, No. S!)71!> [IKidj. from Nu- 

 wuk, may also be called a ping labret. but is of a 

 very unusual pattein. and said to lie wvy old. It ^^^ 

 has an oblong stud of walrus ixmy siirmoiinfcd b. 

 a large, trans])arent, slightly greenish glass bead, I'w '•-' -lai.i.i ..t i,.a,is 

 on toj) of which is a small, translucent, sky-blue 



bead. The beads are held on by a short w leii jicg. running through 



the perforations of the beads and a h<ile drilled through the ivory. 

 There is a somewiiat similar labret in the Museum collection (No. 4S2&2) 



' Aluska, p. nil. 



2Tho men whom Thomua Simps.. n i.i.'l at ..r M.-:ir IJait.-r Islan.l s..l,l their labreta, bill .1 .u.l.'.l a 



hatchet or a iliigf^tT for .1 p.air i.f ltn;tii (Narraliv.-. p. 111)). 

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