DEI 



.LS AND 

 ws. Th,. 



BOW: 



is how 



iiimals, 



TlllIMT 



to be also used for drill 



heads, aud have good sized sky hliic ulass brads inst 

 eyes. Therestoftlieornamciitatinii is incised and lihi 

 Fig. 153h, :So. 89421 [12f!(»], from rtkiavwiu. is a simi 

 which has iiieised on the hack tigures of iiu'ii and : 

 which, perhaps, tell of some real event. Mr. I.. M. 

 informs me that the natives of Norton Soun.l keep a rc-uiar 

 record of hunting and other events engraved in tliis way nuon 

 their drill bows, and that no one ever ventures to falsify these 

 records. We ditl not learn definitely tiiat sucli was the rule 

 at Point Barrow, but we have one l)ag liandle nuirked with 

 whales, which we were told indicated the nundx-r killed by 

 the owner. Fig. 1.5;5c, Xo. S!>42.j [IT.iL']. from T'tkiavwln, is a 

 similar bow, ornamented on the back with simply an incised 

 border colored red. On the other side are the figures of ten 

 bearded seals, cross-hatched and blackened. These are per- 

 haps a "score." Fig. 153^7, No. 89509 [914], from Xuwiik, is a 

 bow of the common pattern, but ornamented by carving the 

 back into a toothed keel. 



Fig. 153e, No. 89.510 [901], from TTtkiavwTn, is ornamented 

 on one side only with an incis(-d ])attern, which is blackened. 

 Fig. 153/, No. 89511 [961], also from Utkiavwin, has, in adcU- 

 tion to the incised and blackened pattern, a small transparent 

 sky-blue glass bead inlaid in the middle of the back. Fig. 

 153g, No. 89512 [836], from the same place, is a flat bow with 

 the edges carved into scallops. The incised line along the 

 middle of the back is colored with red ocher. The string is 

 made of sinew braid. 



Fig. 154, No. 89777 [1004/>], which belongs in the '-kit" of 

 Ilu'bw'ga, the Nunatanndnn, previously mentioned, is inter- 

 esting from liaving been lengthened 3^ inches by riveting on ;i 

 reindeer antler at one end. The two pieces are neatly Joined i 

 si)lice" about 2 indies long and fastened with three iron riv< 



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seals 



piece ot 

 n a Hap 

 ts. Tlie 



udcd that his drill 



he was at home, in the interior, where li )uld 



The incised pattern on the back is <'oloied witli 

 The mouth])iece (ki'hmia) consists of a l)lo( 

 iron), in which is hollowed out a round cui> like s( 

 ceive the tip of the drill shalt, inil)edd<'d in a 



able size to hold bi 

 9 ETH 1; 



■tween the teeth. This bk 



btain n<i walrus ivory. 



ick of hard stone (rarely 

 socket, large enough to re- 

 I l)lock of wood of a suit- 

 ■k often has cur\ed flanges 



