SEAL INDICATORS — STOOL. 



255 



seen in use. We collected two specinLMis, of ujij,], \,,. .-.c.-.o; [1041 

 Fig. 255a, will serve as the type. It is .il' wnli us ivoi v, I ij, indies Ion'' 

 ami 0-3 in diameter, with a small lanyard ol' sinew, 'i'hc nir\ cd cniss 

 piece of ivory, IJ inches loiif^-, is inserted into ;, slo( one lourtii of m 



inch from the end and secured by a little treennil of w I 



Fig. 2556 (Ko. 804,^.4 [1114], from Xuwfik) is a similar indicator. i;U 

 iaches long and flat (O-o inch wide and ill thick). The uniier end 

 is carved into scallops for ornauieiit and has a small eve i,,t,, wi,i,.i. 



Fig. 25.i._SoaI iudiL-aturs. 



was knotted a hit ol whalebone fiber. The tip is l.e\eled oil uuh a 

 conca\ e l)e\ cl on both faces to a sliarj) edge, so th.it it can be used lot 

 a "feather settei " (tjiugwau) in featheiing arrows. Such iiiiplcmcnts 

 are mentioned in most ])o])uhir accounts of the Eskimo of the east, 

 and Capt. Parry descnbes it fioin jieisopal observation at lylidik.' I 

 have been unable to liml ,iii\ mentioii of its u^' m uestein .Vnieiica, 

 and have seen no --peeiinens m the \ati il 3Inseurn. 



Soil !)i!i stools.— \\\u-n a native is watch 



has to stand for 1 s mo 



tionlessoM the ice. His feet .--._ 



would be, oine e\.<-edinul\ 

 cold, ill s 



leiice of his toot co\eiini;. 

 were it not for a little thiee 

 legged stool about H» mch.-s 

 high upon which h.' staiuls. 

 This sto.,1 is made nf woo<l, 

 with a Iriangular lo]i just 

 large enoii-h U> acomnio- 

 d:i 



■ntlv 



ma 



consistent with strength. 

 hunter, .slung on the gun 



heels together over one leg 



of the stool, and the otli.M- 



two legs sup|)orting the toes 



of .■aeh foot, ies|,ectively. 



The slool is neatly made, and is as light 



It is universally employed and carried b.\ 



cover with the legs projecting behind. 



When the hunter has a long time t<i wait he generally sipiats down 

 so as almost to sit 011 his heels, holding his gun and spear in readiues.s, 

 and wholly covered with one of the dciskin cloaks already described. 

 They sometimes use this stool to sit on when waiting for ducks to liy 

 over the ice in the spring. 



'Secoud Vuyage, p. 510; alao pi. oppoaitu p. 550, Fig. 17. 



