IgQ TllK POINT liAKlfOW KSKIMO. 



iicscnt ilav is always woikcd witli a bow. wliidi allows 

 I t'orsteadyiiii; IIk' iiicfCdC wdi k. We wfir iiitbmied, 

 icrlv a cord was soiiictiiiK'S used without the bow, but 



little handles ofivor.v, carved into some ornamental 



, eye ill t lie iiiidille to wliicli a thong could be attached. 



wi' iie\cr saw tliciii in use. The first two were col- 



leiiod III' oniaci|uaintance with these people, and from 



iwledge of (he language we got the impression that 



to he attached to a harpoon line. 



ng, however in finding out that the harpoon Las no 



lage, and when the other four came in a year later, at a time 



when the press of other work pre- 



\ented careful inqiury into their 



use, \^ e supposed that they were 



nieantfor handles to the linesused 



•^ 1 . jr~3I3 I foi <liagging dead seals, as they 



sonu what resemble such an im- 



C^ 



/^^ -^ phm.'ut. On 



r ts^^-S* ^^*^— --T^ Nv hen [had op 

 \^0^ \J ^-^^ i„g a careful 



our return home, 



■ opportunities for mak 



study of the collec 



r\ tion, I found that none of the drag 



Y^^^^^^ ""^^J^^l^r^ lines, either in our own collection 



,, 01 in those of the Museum, had 



handles of this description. On 

 the otiier hand, I found many sim- 

 ilar implements in Mr. Nelson's 

 collection labeled "drill-cord han- 

 dles," and finally one pair (No. 

 >(!31!), fi-om Kashunuk, near Cape 

 liomanzoff), still attached to the 

 dull ( ord. These handles are al- 

 most identical in shape with No. 



