on reindeer antler. Of the einht siK'ciiiieiis cdll 

 Fig. 143, has been selected as a tyiie of the ant I.t ,■ 

 blade is of steel, and tlie halt is of r.'indcrr antl( 

 sections, pnt toffetlicr at ii,i;lit an.ulcs to tlic pi; 

 to^rethcr l.y a stout round hone ti 

 tli.'liutt. Tlic s(]uare tij) of tlic hi 

 fac.-s to a rou-h en; 



:■ 



No. s..;;(.- |ss4|. 



ki'iiniisa). Til.. 

 wo loii-iludinal 

 ' liie iiiadc, lield 

 i -JA incli.'s from 

 of tiic l)ia(lcis li."v<'l..donlM)tli 

 l-c. Ki-. in 

 laiil.iade witi 

 an oldi(iuc tip not l)cvclcil I,, an ciluv 

 and a haft of walrus ivory ycllowi^l fron 



i/ each with a dot in tlic center, all incise.l |#' 



and colored with red oc 



The two f® 

 t,. -ether ii® 



parts of the haft arc fas 



by a stout w Icn treenail and a xflich of f 



whalebone. 



The rest of the steel-liladed chisels. 

 four in iiumbcr, are all of about the 

 same si/e and hafted with antler. Tlu 

 blades arc soniewhat iriv-tilar in shai.e. 



l-'it, )i:i .\utk; 



lint a 



uar 



1)1 cdo-e. Thr( 



uc tips : 

 theni h; 



tliesecti<ms()f the halt put to-, til. 1 i- d. m nb. ,1 iii.l t iM. n. .1 1)\ i 

 treenail and a whipi)in- of seal twin, .u .-111. w bi ii.l it tin tip On. 

 has the two sections put toji-ether 111 th. pi iii. ottli. bl nl. iii.l list, n. .1 

 with a larfi-e«.op|>er rivet, which also pi^^ -.thiou^li th. 

 butt of th.'bhiil... and thr.-.. stout n n in- llu h ilt> 



of all th.'sc tools show si-ns ,if inn h I lliiu H" 



r.Miiaiiiin-twosp.M.iin.'iishav.-blail.s .1 1)1 n I tiiiit N.. 



S'.MI.iT |1L'()7|, has a halt .)f wall iis i\ oi \ ol tin usu il 



patt.-ru, fast.'ii.'d tof;..th..r by a b.n. ti..niil indtwo '% | i^ 



stitches, on., of siiicw brai.l ami on. ot s, ,] thoiu 



Thelashinn of s.'al twin.- n.-ar th. tip s, i \ . s to m. nd 



a cra.'k. Th.. Iiatt is ,,1.1 aii.l riist\ ib >ul lli. slot iiit.i 



which th,. bla.lc is titt.'d, shov iiu tint :t oii^in ill\ 



ha.l an iron bla,l... Th.' Hint bl i,l. w is pi, b ibh put 



in to make it s..,.m an,.i,.nl. a- th, i w i.. i sp nl in hi 



demand for i,r..|iistori.. aitich.s. No ^m 1_I(I| iu ll> is n tlmu 

 but a fanciful tool ma. I., t,) m.-.-t this .|< m m 1 lli. hill is ol lulit 

 brown mountain sh..,.p h,)rn. ami th, 1,1 nl. I 1 1 i, 1 Hint snhllmt 

 bla.led t.).ds may hav,' l),.,.n us..,l ,oi,m-,l.N, b,„ .I,,-,.-.. „.. ,„,,.,! >h„. 

 they were. 



Whiilt'lioiir sliiirrs.^Thcvr is ill us., at Point liarrow. ami a|>paivntly 

 not elsewhere amonj;- the ICskim,), a sii,.,.ial tool forshavin- whah-bonc, 

 a substance which is very much iise.l iii th,' tbriii ,if hin.-, thin strijis 

 for fastening together boat timbers, whipping speai- shafts, etc. The 



