MUiiLucii.l CKOUKEl) KM\E.S KOINU KNIVES. 1(11 



are as certainly new. Fin. lls,(, ns//, icpicscnr these two Univcs 

 (8!tr),S()[l(Myj,S!».j,S(i |l(MJIj). whieli liMve tlie hbi.les laslied on will, ,|eer 

 sinew. It is wortliy <if note in tliis runneetiun tiiat llieie nre no slone 

 kni\-es ot tiiis ])atteiii in tiie nnisenni IVoni an\ otiier locaiilx. 



Tlie women employ for m!1 |.ni p,,s..s foi' whie'h a Unite or seissors r.mld 

 be nsed a semieireiilar kniteof tlie same -en. Mai type ;is tliose il( seiilied 

 by every writer from the days <if I'^jicde, who has had to deal with the 

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Eskimo. The knives at the |.icsent day are made of steel, nsnally.and 

 ]ierlm|.s always, of a piece of a saw blade, which -ives m sheet of sleel ot 

 the pi'oper bre;idth and t hickness, and are mannfactured by the natives 

 themsehes. Dr. Simpson says' that in his time they w<ae bron-ht 



fr Kot/.ebneSonnd by the Niimitanminn. who obtained them from the 



Siberian Eskimo. Then- are in the coUection three of these steel knives, 

 all of the small size -■enerally .'ailed nli'in: ("little filu"). X... .-.(i.-)4i; 1 1 i) 

 has b.'en i.i.-k.Mlont for d.'s.aii.ti..n ( Fi.ii. I III). 

 Th.' bla.l.- is w.'d-e.l into a liamll.' of walrns 

 ivory. Th.' .niiam.'ntati.m on Ih.- han.ll.' is 

 of incised lines and .l..ts bla.di.MU'd. Th.i iil ^ 



tiliji- edn-e of the blade is bev.de.l oi fa.-.- ^> 



only. This knife re|«resents tin- -vn.-ral 



shap.- of kniv.-s of this s.)rl. bnt is ratli.-r '"■ "'' " '" ' ' "''' 



small. ■!■ than m.)st of th.-m. 1 hav.-s.-.-n some knives with bla.h-s fidly 

 5 or (! iiiclies lonnaiiil .leep in proportion. The handle is almost always 

 of walrus ivoiy aiiil of the shape (i,i;Mre.l. I d.) n.it i-emeinb.-r ever 

 seeinji-an nln blade se.-nre.l .)th.-rwise than by liftin- it ti-htly iiit.) a 

 imri-ow slit in th.- han.ll.-. .-x.-.-pt in .)n.- .-as... wh.-n th.- han.ll.- was part 

 of the ori.uinal han.ll.' .if th.- saw of whi.-li th.- knif.- was ma.l.-. left 

 still rivet. -d .m. 



kniv.-s are ns.-.l. Wh.-n.-v.-r a woman wish.-s t.) cut anythini;. fr.>m her 

 food t.> athrea.l in h.-r sewiTi-, sli.- iis.-san fdu in pr.-fer.-n.-.- (..anything;- 

 els.'. The knife is han.ll.'d pr.-.-isely as .l.'scrib.-d anmn-- th.' east.'rn 

 Eskimo, makinji- th.' .-nt by jinshin- inst.'a.l ..f .Ira win-,- thus . liir.'rini;- 

 fr.)m th.' h.n- han.ll. -.1 r.ain.l knife mention.'.! abov.-. Kniv.'s of this 



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