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I'OIXT UAKKUW KSKIMO. 



inclu's loim. tapcrin- \<> :> sliMip roimded point at one end, and taperexl 

 sli"-litlv tirHic (itlii r. wliich rciininates in a small nnuidcd knob. It is 

 very neatly mad.' trom. latliiT old yellow ivory, and oinanieuted on all 

 four faces witli convcnlional incised patterns colored with red ochre. 



Tills iinplenient is used in puttinji;- on the backing of a bow to raise 

 parts of tl.e cord when an end isto be passed nn,l.-randintueldngin the 

 ends in linishinj;- otf a Nvi,ippi...U. It was probably also used in pnttmg 

 wliippinos or seizings on any otbe,' unpl.an.aits. We ••olleeted Klof these 

 tools all .piite similar, and made of walrus ivory, yellow from age and 

 handling. Thev vary in length from ih to C im-hes, and are always 

 corilraehMl at the upp<'r end into a sort of neck or handle, surmounted 

 by a knob or crossbar. No. SlUi;:! \s:\t;\ Fig. 2S4, from ITtkiavwin has 



the crossbar carved very neatly into the figure of an Amphipod crus- 

 tacean without the legs. The eyes, mouth, and vent are indicated 

 by small round holes lilled with some black substance, and there i.s a 

 row of eight similar lioles down the middle of the back. The tip of thi.s 

 tool, which is .5-9 inches long, has l)een concaved to an edge so as to 

 make a feather-.setter of it. Through the kuob at the butt there is some- 



Fl0r.2)j5.— Mai 



lukti. 



last tigured, 



incised line> 



The ticM> 



■ound .'ye, as in Fig. I'S.") (No. 894G4 [8-12] from Utkiavwm, 

 g). These tools are sometimes plain, hke the specimeus 

 nd sometinu's ornamented with conventional ]iatterus of 

 ■oloied witli red ocher, like the others. 

 (Xo. S!(4t;.". |!M)2]) are flat lour-sidcd rods of walrus ivory, 



respectively 4-4 and 4-7 inches long. At each end one broad face is 

 raised into a low transverse ridge about 0-1 inch high and the other 

 rounded off, with the ridge on o])]iosite faces at the two ends. They 

 are ornamented on all four faces w ith longitudimd incised lines, c(dored 

 with red ocher. 



The use of these tools, which was discovered by actual experiment 

 after (mr return to this country' is for twisting the strands of the sinew 

 backing after it lias been put on the l)ow into the cables already de- 



Eakimo bow.s. Smitlisouian Report for 1 



