irj4 Tin; I'.. I 



[l(i:.-tl lias tlu- hack iii.nc ciir 

 tlir lasliiiiKof wlialcl.oni^. ■ 

 N„. S1I.-.S7 [1.-.S7] is a small 

 iinhcdd.-.l vitla.ut lasliiii- in 

 Most of the l.lad.'S an- t\ 

 SIiitHitlilv liiiishrd. hilt Nil. •">( 



I 



aii-ulavhladcwilliaslion-ly. 

 is litlcd a st.iid halt (iriHinc 



l)iui)l.'slatf. -round SI tli. 



till' shall, •■utt in- (■(]-.■ h.'vcl 

 thcf.nvshalt ..r an old wlial 

 The hack of the hladc is fitfc 

 hy three very neat lasliint;s.it 

 passes thli)Uj;li a Ik 



d ilian the ed.i^c. the haft of aiitk-r and 

 I I luce are of \ ei >' iiid<' workmanship. 

 ifc with a tiinicated ])oint and the tang 

 e end of a ron-hly made haft of bone. 

 >e of knives simihii' to the type, more 

 1' [I'M] (Fi,u-. 1()7(() is noticeable for the 

 extr.'iiie '-lielly" of the ed,i;e and the 

 'i snioothness witii which the faces are 

 \ beveled from back to edge. Su(di 

 f kni\ cs aiiproach the woman's round 

 ^' knilc (iibi, nlii'ra). ^•o. S'.MJOl [77(i] 

 (h'if;. 107/^) is almost double-edged, 

 tlie back being rounded off. Fig. 

 lOS, No. 80(131 [lOSlJ, is a very re- 

 markable form of slate knife, of 

 which this was the only specimen 

 seen. In shai.e it somewhat resem- 

 bles a hat(diet, having a broad tri- 

 r\ ed cut tingedge, along the back of which 

 }. incheslong. Tli(^ blade is of soft, dark 

 (1 resembles the modern knives in having 

 almost wiiolly on one face. The haftis 

 liaipoon, and is made ot whale's bone. 

 into a (h'cji narrow saw cut, and held on 

 of narrow strips of w lialebone, each of which 

 led through the blade close to the haft and 



"^ 



vertical h.des in tl 

 ige towards the 1 

 that the lashing i; 



•ach side of the blade. 

 k of the liatt and are joined by 

 luintersiink below the surface of 



thc 



Thi 



The purchaser -^ot the ii 

 after our return it was di 

 newer than the hall. 



was broiigh 

 y used for CI 



down from Nuwuk aiul offered 

 tting off the blubber of a whale. 

 I it was formerly attached to a 

 On more careful examination 

 the haft was really ].art of an old 

 s to receive them were evidently 



