KNIVES. 



It is possible tliat rlic tiladc liiny have been h<UiX :i,i;<. tilted to flu- 

 haft ami that the tui.l may liave been used as d.'sciibed. Tluit knives 

 of tliis sort were occasionalls used by tlie Kskimo is shown by a sjieei 

 men in the ^luseum from Norton 8ouii(l. Tliis is smaller than the one 



haft, for liaud use only, put on in the same way. 



With sileh knives as tliese the cut is ma(h> by ilntiriiin t he knife toward 

 the user instead of ])ushing it away, as in usinu the round knife. We 

 found no evidenee that these Eskimo ever used knives of i\(nA (except 

 for cutting suow) or ivory knives witli l)its of iron inlaid in the edi;-e, 

 siieh as have been observed among those of i he Kast. 



Fig. 109, No. 89477 [U22], is a very extiaordinary implement, wliieh 

 was 111 ought down iiom Point Lniow mdwhidi It i- c\nlinil\ bon 

 (Kposid iloii^sidt ot -,((nK coijtst it th< ( ( mt t( i \ 1 h< 1)1 idi i-- i Ion, 



tilt thiiipi(<( o\\\h (It 



bom wt.(l^( d b( f\\t < 11 

 th( T^\o iMits ol till 

 liitt whuli has bdii 

 s iwid I* n^thwisi loi 



(»i Imll(■^ to l(lll\( It 11 1 I 1 111 



rill liilt IS I shnihi i.Kii c I iiitl. 1 \o .thn ■^|M,lm. ii-~( t th. I iiid 

 ^\^ n Sim iioi h i\i simil ii ini|ili mt nt- t i iin I n wh iLi bt < n ib^c i \ t d 

 iNiwliin 1 111 II itlM - in^i^tid th It It w 1^ ,t imiin ind w i tnnitih 

 Usui toi I ntliii^ bliibbi 1 



I nave mtroiliieeil tour ligures oi oiii iron <ii- sreei Knives, <u wnien 

 we liave six siteeiinens, in order to show the way in wliieh the natives 

 in early days, when iron was searee. utilized old ease knives and bits <,f 

 tools, lifting them witii halts ot' their own make. All ai;ree in having 

 the edge beveled on the ui)])er face oiil.\. .Ml the kiii\es whieh they ob- 

 tain from the whites at the ])iesent day are worked over with a lile so as 

 to bring th.' bevel on one fae.- onlv. I'ig. 1 l(t. X.i. S!)i'!Mi |!(70j, fnmi 



Nuwiik,liasa blade 

 ni,and the tlat 

 laft is made of two 

 ongitudlnal see- 



l.„, 11.. s,n;,lln,.uk,„i. autlel'. held together 



with four large rivets nearly e.|uidistant. The two whieh j.ass through 

 the tang aieof brass and the other two of iron. The blade is ;!•(; inches 

 h)iig. the haft 4-1 long and (I-9 broad. Kig. 11((, Xo. SOiMU |9(ll|, from 





It. thick, and sharp pointed bladi 

 hantler. om'sei-tionof the liatt 1 

 k tang. The first two rivets areo 

 t (piite long enough to go w lioll>- tl 

 .' inches long. Fig. lib*. No. S'.i 

 .lade. L'.-l inches long, and the two 



the other 

 the haft. 



