.>;>4 Tin: I'OINT liAIJKOW KSKIMO. 



till- ■<iu;ill liriMtliiiii; liolf. Ii can'.'s ;i m'uili; like the other harpoon. but 

 hi- ciiilv a sliort line, llie eiiil of ■ liicli is made fast permaueiitly to the 

 <hatt Such harpoons arr used hy all Eskimo wherever they are in the 

 h ihjidr watchinu' lor seals at their hi'eat liiui;- holes. The slender part 

 oCilif -hafr. iiowever. is not always loose.' The foreshaft is simidy a 

 .stoui I'rrrulf for the eml of tlif shaft. These weapons are in general use 

 at i'oinrl'.arrowan.iarevrry neatly made. 



W,. ohrainrd luo sp.M-imeas. of xvhich Xo. SiHIKt [1(!04], Fig. 227, will 

 serve as the ty|ie. The total length of this spear when rigged for u.se 

 is .") tfi4 ;! inehes. The shaft is of spruce, 20| inches long and 1-1 inches 

 in the middle, tajtering to (»-il at the ends. At the butt is inserted, as 

 before, an i\ory in- pirk (tiiu) ot the form ah'eady described, 13f inches 

 lonu' and lashed in with sim'w braid. The foreshaft. (kiitu) is of walrus 

 ivorv. nearl\- cNlindrical. -"i-^ inrhes long and 0-9 inch in diameter, 

 .shonlderetl at tin' Initt and titted into the tip of the shaft with around 

 tang. Thr latter is \cry neatly whijiiied with a narrow strip of white 

 wiialebone. whicli makes ele\ en turns and has the end of the last turn 

 forced into a slit in the wood and wedged with a round wooden peg. 

 Fnder this whipping is the hill of a, tern as a charm for good luck. (As 

 the boy who pointed this out to me said, "Lots of seals.") 



Th(! loose shaft (igimu) is of bone, whale's rib or jaw, and has two 

 transverse holes abo\-e the shoulder to receive the end of the assembling 

 / line (saliioinia). which not only holds the loose shaft in 



lace, but also <'oHnects the other parts of the shaft so 

 lat in case the wood breaks the i>ieces will not be 



-t;t]_L_ 7" (iroiiped. It is a long piece of seal thong, of which one 



171 ^T*' end nudces a turn round the loose shaft between the 

 J holes; the other end is ])assed through the lower hole, 



ofhishmgonsi'urit'. tlieu through the upper and carried down to the tip of 

 tiie shaft, where it is hitched just below the whalebone whipping, as fol- 

 lows: three turns are nnnle loniid tin' shall, the lirst over the standmg 

 l)art, the second ninlci. and tiie third oxer it; the end then is passed 

 under 3, over 2, and undei- I (Fig. 22S), and all drawn taut; it tlien runs 

 down the shaft ahnost to the buttlashing and is secured with the same 

 hitch, and the end is whip])ed around the butt of the ice pick with &ve 

 turns. The head (nauln) is of the oidiuary pattern, 2-8 inches long, with 

 a copper blade and antler body. The hue (tiikaktin) is a single piece of 

 seal thong (I feet long, and is fastened to the head without a leader, by 

 simply ijassing the end through the line-hole, doubling it over and 

 stoi)i)ing it to the standing part so as to make a becket 21 inches long. 

 The other end is imide fast round the shaft and assembling line just 

 back of the nihhlle. as folh.ws; An eye is nmde at the end of the hne, 

 by cutting a slit close to the tip ami pushing a bight of the Hne through 

 this. The end then makes a turn rouiul the shaft, an<l the other end, 

 with the head, is pnssed tlinmgh this eye and drawn taut. ^Yhen 

 mouuted^m^use, the head is lifted on the tii) of the loose shaft as usual 



' Piiiry, Sfcona Voyage, p. 507, Iglulik, 



