MUM)..™,) vuyr woHKiNTi. 2.S7 



on tlic hack <ifa Hsh rliry spri,,- apart and all.iw tlir mi, I, II.' proi,- t,, 

 pierce biiii, and tluMi spiin- Lack so thai the spurs cit lici' catch in^his 

 sides or meet below liis lidiy. piviiscly on I he piiiiciplc of the '• iiali'iil 

 eel si>ea.r."' Tiiis imiilciacnt is almost id.aitical with one in Ihc National 

 Miiseiiiii trom Hnds.,n Kay, wliicli appeals to he in -cncial use amon- 

 tlK' eastei-n Eskimo.' 'I'hc name, kaki'hna. is \ciy ncail\ the same as 

 that itseij hy the easteiii tiatives , k^ikkm Wei. l'aiT\. and kaki\ak. 

 Kitiidi.m:. This speai is admiiahly a.laptcd lof .•alch'in;; iaf^^e li>l, in 



eaiiylit hy dams in tidal sh'eams in the maiinef <lescvil)ed h\ I'lo,.,],. ami 

 Crantz. There is so little tide, howevca, on the tioith west coast. I hat 

 tills metliod of tisliin- can not be piacti.'cd. and, as far as I know. I here 

 is no locality in the ran.^c of the Point Barrow natives, a icuion of open 

 shoal lieaehes, and livefs free of rocks, wheie this sjiear could be used 

 in which a net wonhl not serve the i.iirpose much better. 'I'akini; into 

 consideration the scarcitv of these speaisaiid the u.aieral use of nets, I 

 am inclined to believe that this spear is an ancient weaiMiii. loinicrl\ in 

 ^iXMieral use. but driven our of fashion by the inlrndnction of nets. 



I'LINT WdllKIXil. 

 These people still retain the art of makin;; ilint arrow and spear- 

 hereafter described. Man\- of the tlint arrowheads ami spear points al- 

 ready described were made at Xiiwiik or rtkiaxwifi especially for sale 

 to us and are as tinely formed and neatly linished as any of the ancient 

 ones. The tlints, in many cases water-worn pebbles, apjiear to have 

 been s|.lintereil by peiviission into fraiiiiicnts of suitable sizes, and these 



ment consist iiii^df a short, si rai-ht rod of some hard material iiHainted 



in a short curv.Ml halt. We .-olh.cted ni f tlu'se tools (ki'-li) of 



which two have no blades. No. SDi'iL' IlL'L'.;] li-un-.l in ['.lint Harrow 

 Report, Kthnoh.-y. I'l. lll. Ki-. 7, has b.M.n selected as the type. The 

 handle is of walrus ivory, 7-S inches Ion- strai-ht and nearly cylin- 

 drical for about 4.^ inches, then bendiii- down like a saw handle ami 

 spread out into a spatnlat.- butt. iMtted into a dei'p groove on the top 

 of the handle so that its tip projects 1-S in.-hes beyond the tip of the 

 latter is a slender four sided rod of whale's iMme. 4-7 in.'hes Ion- This 

 is liold in idac-.- by t«o simple lashin-s. one of cotton twine and the 

 other of seal tlion- The Hint to be llak<-d is hehl in tli<> left hand and 



Onlbog, lialiial<, •.■ii !,>>, 

 ably the same tliinji, Jiiid 

 Bay. A .similar wi'aiiiiii, 



