[•J-tilj IV I'tkiavwifii. Tlics,. arc .V 4 iurlics Ion-, ih'atly hkhI.^ and 



,,nilr .■lean. All th.' ofJHTS show si-ns of a.^c and nsc. 



Tiicrcan' laruv ntind.cis of tli.'sc tools in llir National Musruni iVoiu 

 various points '"in the rrui.ni ula-rrhows ,,f the Ar.-ti.' t,v|.r ar.. used, 

 naniclv. IVoni the Anderson Uivrr to Norton Sound, an.l onr tVoiu St. 

 Lawrc'n.T Island, w l,rn,T w ha vr rc.-civd no tu istcd Lows. Th.-ir us.. 



was In.w.'vcr. not di'hnilclv niidnst 1, as Iliry arc d.'scrihrd siniidy 



as "l-.w tools," "l-ou strin- twisters" orrvrn -arrow polislnas." yh: 



lor playinu- a .uanic as at Point liariow. Imt tlnit the natives told liirn 

 that th'ev wertMornierly use.l for ti-litenin- fli.^ haekin- on a how and 

 also Tor lwistin;;tlie iiard-laid sinew conl, which isipiitcas nuu-h.ifnot 

 nu.re. nse.l at Norton Sound as the hraid so conunon at i'oint Harrow. 

 1 liiHl I icntion of til... use of tiiis tool in any of tlu' auth.u-s who have 



