SAWS Dim 



Ml 



foimd the natives of lulnlik.in ISiil-iSL'.tjisiii- :i smw niinlc of ;i iinirlicil 

 piece of iron. On our askinj;- Xikawa'alu, one day, wlial llif\ IkhI for 

 tools before they K'ot ii'on lie said that tliey iiad drills iiiadr ol' seal lioiies 

 and saws made of tlie shoulder blade of the reindeer. Some time after- 

 wards he l'r"ni;l'^ "ver 

 a model oi su( li a -au, 

 which he sani was t'\ 

 aetly like those foi t 



merly used. Fi^. ItT. L_, . _ ^ _ ^-''' ', 



No. 89470 lll'()()|. lepie 



V\r, H7 — Suv rii 111.' 1,1 (liri-^ -r iTMil I 



seutsthis s])eeiuien. It 



is made liy euttin.i;- off the anterior edn'e of a reinilcci's sra|iula in a 

 Straijfht line jiaiallcl to the posterior cd,;;.' aii<l ciittiii- line saw lecth 

 on this thin edoe. The spine is also eiit otf nearly tiat. This makes a. 

 tool very mueli like a carpenter^ hacksaw, the narrow jiait of the 

 scapula forminji' a convenient liaiidle. 



FiS'. 148, No. alM.-.ll |I.-.|. siiows how other imi.lements were utilized 

 before it was easy to <il)taiii saws in plenty. It is a common ease knife 



stamped on the blade, ••Wilson, llawksworth, n \ Co., Slieliield," 



which jierhaps came 

 liom the I'lirrcr, with 



„j3r 



J 



Fig 148-Siwniad« 



had been ex|.osed with a 

 trade, ami most of tlie nat 

 and makes. The name foi 

 Drilh <ni<) horcrs.—Thv 

 amonj;- the I'Iskimo. Tlio 

 not differ from the la rye s 

 son rivers b\ Macl''arlaiie. 



•s.iw t(eth cut on the 

 edi;( Itwasi.h'kcd 

 ni) .It the rtkiavwin 



-e at present employed at 



■ries collected al the :\lack< 



The drill is a slender rod. 



e iiiiiv.'rsal 

 Harrow do 

 iiid AiHha- 



a drill iH.iiit and imbedded in a stout w leii shaft, which is tapered to 



a rounded tiji. This (its into a stone socket ind)edde,l in a wooden block, 

 which is held between the lecth. so that the point of tli<' drill call be 

 pressed down a.uainsl the obj.'ct to be drilled by the head, leaviiii;- both 

 hands free to w<u-k the short bow. which has a loose striii.';df thoii.i;- lon.u' 

 enoujih to make one turn round the shaft. The collection contains ten 

 of these modern steel or iron drills, fifteen bows, and sin'en mouthpieces. 

 No. S'.i.-.OL' |,S.-,,!|, Ijoiired in Point Harrow Kept., Ethnology, PI. ii, Fi- 1, 

 has bc,m sclecte.l as a ty pi,-;, 1 drill (nia'ktun). The drill is a, cylimlii,-al 



r,,d ,.f steel beat,' ;t int,. a small lanceolate i.oint, wlii,'li is lil,',l 



sharp oil the c,l--es. The shaft is made of hard wood. The ivmainiiiK- 

 drills are of essentially the same pattern, varyini;' in total .'I'li.uth fr,im 

 about 11 inches to Ki.i. 



Fig. 14<», No. ,S!»HI!I I'.MW] shows a somewhat unusual shape of siiafl. 

 The lashings round the hirge end are to keep it fr(jni splitting any more 



