i>42 THK I'OINT UAKKOW IISKIMO. 



h.-a,l ..f bla.k II. MI, •; iM.lu's Uma. FifJ. 2i0«, No. S«.5!)7 [WM], from 

 Nuwfik. is (.!■ black Hint, and unusually long in ]m)|Mirti<iii, numing into 

 the tang with Uss shouhU-r than usual. Jluch of the original 

 ^ surfaci' Ts left untouched on one face. This is probably very old. 

 No i<'.)~)i\S ( 1 ;i(!l ] is a head oi similar shape of dark gray flint from 

 Sidani. It is (i inches long. Fig. 2406, No. 89599 [1373], from 

 ihc same ]iiacc and of similar material, is shaped very like the 

 h,.a.l of a sl.'.l lan.c. It is 5 inches long. Fig. 24()e, No. 89600 

 11009], from I'tkiavwifi, is still broader in proporti(m and almost 

 Iieart-slia)Mil. It is of bluish gray flint and 4-8 inches long. 

 Tiicsc heads ]Miil)ably rejjresent most of the different forms in 

 use. ()iil,\ two tyjies are to be recognized among them, the long- 

 IK.inted oval wiili a short tang, and the broad leaf-shaped head 

 with a rather long tang, which aiii)ears to be the commoner form. 

 We obtained one newly made lance of a pattern similar to the 

 above, but smaller, which was said to be a model 

 of tlie weajion used in attacking the polar bear 

 belbie the introdnctiou of tirearms. The name, 

 liiV'nuii. is curiously like the name panna given 

 bv l»r. Simiison and ("aiit. I'arry to the laiue 

 doublecdged knife. The specimen. No. S'.is'.t". 

 [ iL'.iO], Fig. 1.'41, came from UtkiavwiQ. It ha> .i 

 head of gray liint 3J inches hmg, exclusive o1 

 tang, roughly convex on one face, but flat 

 merely beveled at the edges on the other. The 

 edges are finely serrate. The shaft is of spruce, 

 (i feet S inches long, rounded and somewhat flat- 

 tened at the tip, which is 1 im-h wide and taper- fio, 242.-Fimt 

 ing to adiameterof 0-7 at the butt, and is i.ainted lu™! f„r i,™r kme. 

 led with ocher. The tip has a slight shoulder to keep the whip- 

 j.ing ill place. The tang is wedged in with bits of leather and 

 scciucd by a close whipping of sinew braid IJ inches deep. Fig. 

 -'42,No. .S'.ICII I HK'.t], tVoiH Nuwuk. was prol)al)ly the head of such 

 a lance, although it is somewhat narrower and slightly shorter. 

 Its total length is .Vt inches. The other two large lance-heads. 

 No. .j(i70S,( |lll((| and No. r>inOSh [114/;], are both new, but were 

 j.robably meant for the bear lance. They are of gray flint, 3J 

 inches lonu. and lia\c the edges regidarly si'rrate. 



head, and a li,;;lit wooden shatt about feet long. It is used in 



_tlie kaiak for stabbing deer swimming in the water, after the 



manner frc(p[enlly noticed anumg other Eskimo.' A pair of 



these spears is carried in beckets on the forward deck of the 



On approaching a deer one of them is slipped out of the 



t and laid on the <leck, with tlu; butt resting on the combing of 



f, 2il Viiy., p. 512 (riiliilik); Kuiiilicn, Conlrilmtions, p. 54 (Cumberland Gulf) i Schwatka, 

 vol. i. No. !IU. p. 544 (Kiug Williani.H Land). 



