2r)0 THK POINT IIAIMMW KSKIMO. 



lars"' whale, :i foot loiii;. and lias tlu- tail bunt up, wiiilc tin- aniinal is 

 usiuilly lepiesciitfd as if lying- still. It has good-sized sky-blue beads 

 inlaid for the eyes. 



Fig. l'.")Ii (No. .S!"T-^! [IKH], from Xnwfik) represents a small box 4J 

 inciu'S long, protiably older than the otln is, and tlie only one not carved 

 Into the .shape of a whale. It is nmgldy egg-sha))ed and has no wooden 

 cover to the cavity, which i.s covered with a i)iece of di^erskin, held on 

 by a string of seal thoug wi-ajiped three times around the body in a 

 i-ough, deep groove, with the end tucked under.. In this box are five 

 shite blades for the uiiah' liarpoon. 



\\'<i also collected two Ixixes for walrus lLar])oons made in the shape 

 ofthe walrus, witii ivory or Ix.n.' tusks. Xo.SDT.iL' [S(i(»J, Fig. 251c, from 

 Nuwidi, is old, and 7 inches long, and has two oval bits of ivory, with 

 holes bored to represent the pupils, inlaid for the eyes. There is no 

 cover, but the cavity is filled witli a nunil)er of slate blades, carefully 

 packed in whalebone shavings. Tiiere is a little eyebolt of ivory at 

 eacli end ofthe cavity. One end of a bit of sinew braid is tied to the 

 anterior of tlu'se, and the other carried down through the hinder one, 

 and then l>rought up and fastened round the body with a marling hitch. 

 Tiie otlier (No. .">(!4.S!t [li^T], is new and rather roughly made, 5 inches 

 long and painted all over with red oeher. It has a cover, but no strings. 



Xo. uCjOI [142], F^ig. 2.J1(7, fnuu Utkiavwiii, is for carrying harpoon 

 blades for the chase of the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), and is 

 neatly carved into the shape of that animal. It is 7*4 inches long and 

 has ivory eyes like the walrus box, No. 89732 [860]. The cover is fitted 

 to the cavity like those of the whale boxes, but is held on by one string 

 oidy, a piece of seal thong about 3 feet long passing through the mid- 

 dle of the cover and out at a hole on the left side, about one-fourth inch 

 from the cavity. The box is filled with raveled roi)e-yarus. Fig. 251e 

 (No. S!t7.S() [981], from Utkiav-n'ih) is like this, but very large, 9-3 inches 

 long. The cover is thick and a little larger than the cavity, beveled 

 on the upper face and notched on each side to receive the string, which 

 is a bit of sinew luaid fastened to two little ivory hooks, cue on each 

 sideof the body, it is fastened to the right hook, carried aero.ss and 

 iiooked around the left hand oiu% then carried over and hooked round 

 the other, and secured by tucking a bight of the end under the last 

 Iiart. The box contains several slate blades. We also collected one 

 other large seal box (No. 89731 [859], from Nuwiik), very roughly 

 carved, and 9-8 in(!lies long. The cover is fitted into the cavity and held 

 on by a narrow strip of whaleljone running across in a transversegroove 

 in the cover and through a hole in each side ofthe box. 



Nets (A-H'&m).— The. snialh-r seals aic cai.turrd in large-meshed nets of 

 rawhide. We brought home one of these, No. .-.(;7.5G [109], Figs 252a- 

 2.".2/^ (detail of mesh). This is a rectangular net, eighteen meshes long 

 and twelve dee)), netted of fine seal thong with the ordinary netting knot. 

 The length ofthe mesh is 14 inches. 



