Only three out of tlic tint 

 56013 [53], Fig-. 1.'17/;. is an . 

 The specinieus tiiinifil s 

 which always consist <>f iiui 

 with soot. These never reit 

 resent natural objects, \m\ 

 are alwaysconventioiial pat- 

 terns, generally a single or 

 double border on two or 

 more faces with short ob 

 liquecross-liues and branch 

 es. Harpoon heads at i'oiiit 

 Barrow are prol)abl\ ihmi 

 ornamented with tiie --(n 

 cles and dots," so common 

 on other implements and on 

 the harpoons of the soutli 

 ern Eskimo. 



Twenty-eight of the lieads 

 still have the leadeis at 

 tachedtothem. Tiie object 

 of this short line is to en i 

 blethe hunter to readd\ di 

 tach a broken head and put 

 on a fresh one without going 

 to the trouble of undoing a 

 splice, whicii must be made 

 strong to keep I he head from 

 separating from tlic Hne. I 

 the skin of tlie walrus 



. 217.— Typic:il walrus-harpoon lu'aUs. 



f a stout piece of rawhide thong, 

 seal, about one-third inch in diameter, 

 and usually from '2 to 

 3 feet hmg. It is al- 

 ssed through 

 the line hoh', as in the 

 specimen describetl, 

 and the ends are 

 made into a becket 

 forattachingtheliiie, 

 with an end left to 

 serve as a handle for 



Fli., L'l,'<, -W:.lrus-h:,rpo„nli..:„l, Kithkader. ,„;,iu Jinecuds ill a 



becket. Occasionally (two are made tins way) the longer end is simply 

 doubled in a bight, and the thice i)arts are then seized together with 

 sinew braid, but it is genera]l,\ made with a si)lice, the details of which 

 differ slightly on the different leaders. 



