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;AKKU\V ESKIMO 



llcsli\ ji:iit (if tlio palm wbicli serves as a cushion 

 wfariim a tliiik dcei-skiu luittcu. The tool is flrmly 

 (1 ill tlic riulit hand with the thumb ou top of the 

 I- the pi.iut stcailily on tlie ed.uc of the flint, flakes 



>[■ the .Ifsiivd s\/.v arc made to fly olV Ir tlic under surface. 



These tools var.\ little in i.attern. but are made of ditteient materials. 



ispcd ucll f.i 

 de and by |>i 



Hard lioneai.peais to 

 as three out of tiie si 

 (Xo. SilL'dS [7ill)| from 

 hut only 2 inches lo 



heeii the commonest material for the blade, 

 ilades arc of this substance. One sjiecimen 



Xo. SIILMU [KMll] also from I'tkiavwiu, Fifi'. 

 l.'T!t«, has a short blade of black flint flaked into a four-sided rod U 

 inches lonj;. This is held in place by a whipping of stout seal thoug 

 ti<;liteneil bv thrustinj;- a sidinter of wood in at the back of the groove, 

 mens (Xos. ,S',)i.'(i(l[704] Fifi-.L'7i»/> and SOl-'in [1210] 

 tkiavwlil) have blades of the ]ieculiarXuusuknan 

 (reviously descrilied. Each is an olflonj;- pebble 

 wedded into the yroove and secured by a Iashin,t;- as usual. 

 No. s!L'iJ(tl7'.Mj lias a halt .,f anth-r. This is rather the com- 

 monest material for the haft. Two specimens have hafts of 

 ee of fossil ivory. The lenj;th of the haft 

 m (; to' s inehes. of the blade l-.") to 4-7 inches. Fiji'. 2S(» 

 (Xo.SKLMi.-. |!(7'.l| fr(miNuwuk)isthe haft of one of these tools, 

 ivory, yellow from aye and staiiu-d brown in 

 h shows the way in which the groove for the 

 \arcil, namely. byboriugaseriesofltirgeround 

 [ ; |l lioles aiidciiitiii.u away the material between them. There- 

 in. ; A mains of the holes are still to be seen in the bottom of the 

 (■?' \ ■% L'loovc. The tip of this haft has been roughly carved into a 

 with the eyes and nostrils incised and fllled with 

 black din. and the eyes, nostrils, and mouth of a human 

 01 tiiin ii.ik,-,. face have bi-rn rudely incised on the under side of the butt 

 and al-o blackened. All this carving is new and was done with the 

 \ir\\ of iiicivasing tlic market vahic of the object. The original orna- 

 mentation consists of an iiicis.'d pattern on the ui>per surface of the 

 but I. colored with red oclier which has turned l)lack from age and dirt. 



