r I'.AKHdW KSKIMO. 



t,. til.- sliapcdf tlir halt. A 

 larly well suit.'.l loi I lie liafi 

 tiatiiiMlly Ilif iprop 



li" of a rciiidet'i's antler is jiarticii- 

 mall a<l/c. Not only does it have 

 a suitable curve, hut it is very easy, 

 hy riming out a small se-;-meut of the -heam" where the "branch" 

 starts from it, to make a tlan.iic of a conviMiient shai>e for fitting to tlie 

 hcail. Antler is besides easily obtained, not only when the deer is 

 kill.-d for food, but liy pickiu.'; u|) shed antlers on the tnndia. and is 

 coUMMiiuMilly cm|iloycd tor many purposes. The haft usually has a knol) 

 at the lip to keep the hand from slip]iin,i;-. and thi' .i;rip is sometimes 

 rou-hened with cross culs or wouml v, ith thon.u'. There are usually as 

 many hol.-s for the lashin- as tlieie are eyes in the head, thoujih there 

 are two holes when t he head has only oiu' larj^c .'ye. < )n the bone heads, 

 the surfaces to which the haft is applied and the channels for the lash 

 in;;s are roughened with cross cuts to i)i-event slippiiiji'. The lasliinj;- 

 always foll,,ws the sanu' .uem-ral plan, thou-h no two adzes are lashed 

 exa.'liv alike. The |)lan niav l>e summari/ed as follows: ()u«' end of the 



thonji makes a turn throu-h one of the holes in the haft, and around or 

 lhi-..u,uh the head. This turn is then secured. Usually by passiuj;' the 

 lonji end through a slit in the short en.l and Lauliug this looji taut, 

 sometimes by knottini; the shoit end to the hmg part, or by catcliiug 

 the slKiit end dnwii under the next turn. The long part then makes 

 sc\( lal tuiiis round oithrou,i;h the head ami through the haft, sometimes 

 also crossing around the latter, and the whole is then tini.slied oft' by 

 wrapping tin- end two or thiee times around the turns on one side and 

 tucking it neatly underneath. This is v.My like the method of lashing 

 on the h.-ads of the mauls already described, but the mauls have only 

 one hole in the haft, and there are rarely any turns around the latter. 



•lade ad/. blad<.s. like tluise already described, have been brought by 

 Mr. Nelson fn.ni Kot/cbuc Sound, the Di.une.h.s, St. Michaels, etc., and 

 one came from as far south as the Kuskoquim K'iver. 



r/,/.sW.s.-\Ve collect,.d a nund.er of snmll short handled ••hi.sels, re- 

 sembling th.. nnidenuMits caUed -triidv.'t makers," of which there are .so 



•"='"•; '" ""■ ^"^'f ^'' ^h>s.uuu We never happened to .se.- then, in actual 



use. but were uitorm.Ml that they wie especially designed for working 



