l.-.s 



111.- rip. 



ri;.t and 



Slink til 

 Mw .lit 



with .-1^ 

 skin til 



TEI-: POINT lUKUOW lOSKI.Mo. 



and th.' lowiT cd^c is sloiicd oft' so that tlie end of the haft is 

 iiaiiDw. with a slijiiit twist. The blade is riveted to the flat 

 I he hat't with tliree iron rivets, and i.s a piece of a saw counter- 

 sh witii th." surfae." of the haft, so that it follows its curvatiire. 

 till';- ed.i;.' is beveleil ..illy on the upper face. The lower edge of 

 . fn)ni tli.'l.ladi'tothe place where it begins to narrow, is pierced 

 'ven e(|iiidislaiir hul.-s. tlironuli which is laced a piec of seal- 

 •ii>T the two [laris .rossinu like a shoe-lacing, to prevent the 



hand fr.Hii sli]i])ing. The ornanicntal ])attern on the upper face of the 

 haft is in.ised and was originally coloreil with red ocher, but is now 

 tilled with dirt. 



Fig. Ill, No. SitTSd |l(lO-t(/], is a very long hatted knife (the haft is 

 ll'-.'! inciies long:, bnl (.thcrwise i('sciiil)lcs th.' tyi)e, though not so 

 elab.)iately ornaiiiiiitiil. The lilade is also a liit of a saw. It is pro- 

 vided witli a sheatli .ij inches long, ma.le of black sealskin with the 

 blaik sid.' out. iloulilc.l over at one side, and .sewed "over and over" 

 down th.' otii.'r si. I.- and round one end. To the open end is sewed a bit 

 of thong witii a slit in the end ..f it, into which .)ne .mi.! of a lanyard of 

 seal twine !."> iii.'hes long is fasteiie.l with a b.'ck.'t-hitch. When the 



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Or^^^ 



h sbt.ith 



•sheatli is titie.l o\ci ihi- lila.h- th.- lanyard is passed through a hole in 

 the haft and iiia.lc last liy two or three turns around it. Such sheaths 

 ar<> often used b\ careful w.nkiiieii. This particular knife was the 

 liroperty of the •• inlander" Iln'bwgi;, previously mentioned. No. 89283 

 lilCTj, from Nuwnk. is inteivsting as being the .inly l.-fthanded tool we 

 obtain.'d. The loiirtli kiiitc has a bla.le with a cutting eilg.' of .S.^ inches, 

 wiiile that .if each of th.' .it hers is ;! in.'hes. 



Th.' small knife .lilfers little from th.' niVdllfi ex.-.'pt in having the 

 haft very much shorter an. I not tajier.'.! ,,tf at the ti]i. Fig. 115«, >'o. 

 .-,iu,-,-2 [Ur,\, from Ftkiavwifi. shows a .■.iniinon form of this kind of 

 knife, though the blade usually has a sharp jioint lik.' those ..f th.' large 



