!AKi;0\V EISKIMO. 



;. vaiyiiig I'roiu a rather long 



.slate l)Ia(lc Just mentioned to a 



IK" u ith \ crx stiouyly curved edges 



iNo.SDTnd [l();jS]),wliieli is peculiar 



il.\ walrus harpoon head with a body of 



•■/r| rciiKiccr antler. It also has an iron blade and a 



^M '■'^'■'^ "' ''""' ""'^ sehloiii with rounded hasal an- 



" '"" -lesMias I" Ih' almost heart shaped, like Fig. 2156 



(N(>..")(i(H'l |i.'s;i| 1. A lesscDiuiiKin shape of blade 



is lanccdlate, with the iiase eat off s(piare as in 



Fiii. l.'l(;<( ( No. S'.iTfU ['.M()| ). Oidy eight blades 



' of tills shape. A still more 



iliai shape iit blade, of which We saw only 



si.eeiMieii, i,s shown in Fig. 2106 (No. S9700 



I'.U;!]). This is made of brass. It was perhaps 



neantfoi an imitation of the barbed blades used 



It tlie MaeUeii/.ie, of \\ hieh 1 have already sicken. 



The blade, w hen of metal, is .generally fastened 



11 with a sinule rnct. One only out of the whole 



and three are sinijily wedged into the blade sUt. 



The si 



to have been riveteil: Xordeiis- 

 kiiild, however, tij^ures a walrus 

 harpoon from Port (Mareiiee' 



The rivet is generally made of 

 whalebone, but oilier materi; 

 are sometimes iis.-d. For 

 stance, in the Maries eollect 

 two have ri\etsotiro]i. two of 

 wood, and live of raw hide. The 

 liodyis-eiieiallv made of white 

 walrus i\or.\, ( live of those col- 

 lected ariM.f hard hoiie.aiid one 

 already mentioned and ligured. 

 No. S'.IT.-.o \W.\S\. rig. ij'l.w. is 

 of reindeer antler), and the 

 hexagonal shape, olten with 

 rounded edges, ami I he line 

 grooves coiitiniK 

 asiiiFig.l>17«. No.S'iT.-.T [!I4T|, 

 apj.ears to be the c.mnioiiest. 

 Three out of the forl.v eiulil 

 liave four-sided bodies. Ir js ' "■ 



unusual for the bod.v barb t,, be hifunat 



b 



I'lial w.ilnis -harpoon lieuds. 



is couiiiion fiirtlier south. 



