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INT BARROW ESKIMO. 



tlif bowstriiij;' l).v a siiiall sliicld or "l)racer" 



il on with a tlionii'. We iic\cr saw tlicsf in use, 



as tlio bow is so seldom ciiiinoyiMl except by 



,ir rliildren. Two of these, newly made, 



ic oliered for sale. I will deseribe one of 



M.. No.SliUO/y [12;i3|, Fi-. 1!»:!. 



1 1 IS of jiale yellow monidain sheep horn, 



\.\ on the outer face and concave on the 



er and considerably arched lellKth^^-ise. 



In the middle are two straight longitudinal 

 iM.i. i9-i.-r.nii-.r. mnrow slots, which serve no apparent pur- 



pose excciit ornament. The short slot near the edge at the middleof 

 each side, however, is for the thongs which stiaji the bracer to I he wrist. 

 One of these is short and ma(h' into a becket by fastening the ends 

 l(ig.'thcr with double slits. Om^end of the other is jiussi'd through 

 the slot. slit, and the other end (lassed through this and llra^vn taut. 



A knot is lied on ihe IV 'nd. This thong is Just long enough to fasten 



on the bracer by passing round the wrist and catching the knot iu the 

 loop opposite. The otlNT. No. S!I4I(I«( | H.','}.!], is like this, but 1 inch 

 slKU-ter and nearly Hat. The arch of the specinuMi tignred is inobably 

 unintentional and due to the luitural sha|ie of the material, as it does 

 not tit well to the wrist. It is iirobablc that these 

 I ( I I u I I l! It I 1 I II 1 i_ 1 (t N M (» 



I It mint It 1 I thill ( III] ti ilpl It! )t hud boiu 

 -^hkIk loii^ iti 1 1 f \\i(h with two lowsof lioks 

 (lo m^ It luht iiuh in fin iniddli lli( hok s 

 It iIm idi \\(i( piobibU loi tin tli m^ ilid tin 

 ih I t I (iiniiKiit, IS sonii ot tilt 111^ iih | iit 

 w i\ till ii^li loui sniill pebbles lu lod>,itl iii the 

 loui ht)l( iiouiid the (ditir m tin foiuitit moss 



Ml N(l tm(olI((tcdst\(i d jik imensof lu ueis 

 lioin kot/(but S niiitl iiid St I n-iuini I 1 uid 

 ' I'l • >i< ill li^hth lii^ti thill oiu pKiiiitns 

 mil btiit I )iintl t lit tin wii t llit\ III ot btnic 

 oiiopim Win 111 h \ \i itttlKot/t bin Sound 



iiil^-t l'< t'uml th h ^iiKidu c ' Ihnd ''' ' '"" 



no other mention of this implement iu the wTiters who have described 

 the E.skiiiio. 



Bird r/rn-/.s'.— For cajituring large birds like ducks or geese, sitting 

 on the water, esjiecially when they have molted their wing feathers so 

 as to be unable to escape by tliglit, they use the universal Kskinio 



"•'"'1 <<""iil from (irccnlanil to Siberia, namely, a dart with one or 



more points at the tiji, Intt carrying a second set of three ivory prongs 



' •• They l.m-lilf m :i pi. , , ..( iv.,r.v. ,m1I,-,1 „i<in-era. .-iLont 3 or4 incheslong, hollowed out to the wrist, 

 or^i t'lurd iiiiiiii.- or si-vc-ral piufL-.s ol ivuiy or wood fastc-ucd together like .an iron-holder." Voyage, 



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