-k; 



INT IJAKlv'OW ESKIMO. 



Tlu's,. weapons 

 hilt vary soiacwl 

 soniftiiiu's siiiiiil; 



' f;c'iici:ill\ \riy iiincli like tlic spcciiiieii descrilted, 

 ill tlic sliapc ami material of tln'^ halls, wlii<-li are 

 oiil or siiherieal, and often made of sinjile teetli of 

 if Insk ivory. I'.one is also sometimes used. In 

 former times, the astragalus hones of the reind.^er, perforated throujAli 

 the ri.lKeon one en.l were use.l for halls. No. S'.I4!(() [l:!4li], is ii pair of 

 such hones tied tofidhei- witli a hit of t lion.i;', which apjiearto have been 

 acluallv used. >'o. S'.».',,',T |1-;')I! from Itkiavwin is a very old ball, 

 which is sMiall 1 1-1 inches lon.u) and unusually Hat. It ai)pears to have 



I n kept as a relic. 



There is very lit ill' infornmtion to he found c<iin'crniiij;- the exteut of 

 the reuion in wliii'h tliis implc nl is used, eitlna' in the Museum col- 

 lections or in the writin.ys of antlnus. A few points, however, have 

 heen ina<le out with cerlainty. The holas are unknown among all the 



Kskinio east of the .Vndcison Kiver, ami II nly evidence that we 



have of their use at Ihis point is an eiilrv' in the Museum catalogue, to 

 which 1 havel.ccn nnahic to find a corresponding specimen. Deaseand 

 Sim]is(m. in IS.!?, did not ohscrxc them till they reached Point Barrow." 

 •fhcy were lirst noticed hy Cecchey at Kotzebm^ Sound in 1S2G.2 Mr. 

 Nc'Ndifs collcclions show that they are used from Point Barrow along 

 Ihc Alaskan coast, at least as far s.mth as tlu' Yukon delta, and on St. 

 I.awrenc'c Island, while for their use on the coast of Siberia, as far as 

 Cajx' North, we have the authority of Norch'nski.ild,' and the Ivi'ause 

 Krothers.' 



IltNTIN(i niI'LEMKNTS OTHER THAN WEAPONS. 



// (/ -llii\ ill. id\ s], I (11 ol tii( tloits ( ip>tu 1 i)nn) ot mtlated 

 d I I I HI (i|luiin_ th whil imlwdius \\ (. obt inu d one 

 < 1 1 N ^ I s| I 1^ n lliM^fh. ^\lioh skin, (\cii)t the 



head, of a male rough se; 

 <-ass was carefully remov 

 the neck and a few inch. 



' T. Siiiipsoii'u Narrative!, p. \r>it. 

 'Vi.yujr,., ,,. 574. 



nvpi. vol. 2. p. 1.19. ami Ki-. :i, ,, 

 •Gcugniiiliiwlio liliitlir, vi.r r.. pi 



Fin. 249. -Seal akin (ioat. 



I ( Phoca hetida), with the hair out. The car- 

 d without making any iiu'i.sion exeejit round 

 ; down the throat, and skinned to the very 



Arctic Cruise of I ho ( 



