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HAKKOW ESKIMO. 





ted nv( 



nu'«' bones for these weapons 

 |).s haA'ing reference to the 

 specimens of these daggers, 

 I selected as tlie type. It is 

 with tlie neck and c<,nd.vk-s 

 cNp<,setlie medullary .'avity 

 1. blackened, and cruinbliug 



ble nor altogethei 



points to some saperstilioi 



ferocity of the animal. \V( 



of which No. S!I4.S1 [7(i7|, Fig. 171, li 



tlie distal end of the nlna of a- i»)la 



forming the hilt, and the sli;itl split 



and cut into a]w.inted hliiih'. It is 



on the surface, and is a loot long. 



Fig. 17.'>rt, No. S!il7-"i [!l.s,s|, IVoiii Nuwfik, is made of a straight sitlinter 

 fronrthesliartofone.,ftlie long bones. <l^f inches long. No..S<»4.S0 [1141], 

 from I'tkiavwin, has a roughly whittled hilt and a soiuewhat twisted 



bladi'. rather narrow, but widened to a sharp lanceolate point 



It is VJ inche.s h)ng. No. S04S1 [1175], from the same place, 

 has the roughly shaped hilt 

 whipped with two turns of 

 .sinew. No. S9482 [1709], Fig. 

 175/;, also from TJtkiavwTn, is 

 dirk-shai)ed, having but one 

 edge and a straight back. 

 The hilt, as before, is roughly 

 sawed from the solid head of 

 the bone. No. S04S5 [9(55], 

 Fig. 170, from Nuwuk, was 

 also said to be a dagger, but 

 could not have been a very 

 effective weapon. It is of 

 whale's bone, 5 inches long. 

 It is rather rudely carved, 

 fl "% 1 old, and dirty, but theiu)tches 

 th -M on tin; haft are newly cut. 



Dirks or daggers of bear's 

 bone, like those described, 

 are really rather formidable 

 weapons, as it is easy to give 

 the splinter of bone a very 

 keen point. The Museum con- 

 tains a bone dagger curiously 

 like th(!se Eskimo weapons, 

 but made of the bone of the 

 -DisgiTot griz/.ly bear, and used by 

 '*""" the Indians of the McChaul 



noithern ralilornia. They believe that the peculiar shape of 

 ant, having a hollow (the medullary cjivity) on one face, like the 

 o daggers, causes the wound to bleed internally. 



-Bon Hggers 



Ri\( 



Eskiii 



r,-«Uta aud Traditioi 



, p. 35. 



