iit.'.l of the KskiiMo. <■> 

 iv. .•olU'ct.-d at Kot/.l 

 i„„. hows— k.'-i l-tak 



I'liINT l!Ai;i;o\V ESKIMO. 



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ialnis ivory is tiir ((iiiiiikhi inat.Tial clsrw iiciv. I lir nam.- ( kapiiti;) 

 iK-aiis siiiiplv a ••tuistci." 



.,,1 .,f walrus ivory. 7 inciics ion-. \vit], iW tip alHU|)t]y ,-on,'avr,l to a 

 liiiiromiilcil ciluc Tlic laces aiv oriiaiiii'iitcd wirii a pattern of strai.i;lit 

 Meis.Ml Hues, coloreil witli red oc-lier. This tool is used for squeezinj;- 

 he small ends ofth.' teatlieriii- int.. tlie w 1 of the arrow shaft (dose. 



- ^^^^mm 



to the noek. !• i-. JS7 is a similar tool (No. S'.t4S(; 1 1L'S.-,| from rtkiavwiu) 

 alsoofualrus ivory. 11 iu<-lies I<ni,-. w ith the upper end I'ou-ldy whittled 

 to a shar|i point. It is inohahly made of a broken seal indieator or 

 m.'al eaehe markei-. Several othei' i\ory tools previously inentiou<'d 

 ha\f lieeu eoiieaved to an <Ml;i<> at the tip so that they can l.e nsed as 

 feather setters. I do not tind this tool mentioned hy previous observers, 

 nor have I seen any spe.'imens in the National Museum. 



l'"ig. 288 (No. 8'.it.V.( 1 1282] from L'tkiavwih) reiiresents an unusual 



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tool, the use of whieh was not ascertained in the Lurry of trade. It 

 has a point like that of a Rraver, and is made of reindeer antler, orna- 

 inented with a jiattiaii of incised lines and bands, colored with red 

 ocher, and was perhaps a marline spike for working with sinew cord. 



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Scniptrx ((7.)00.—I''or removing bitsof Hesh, fat, etc., from a "green" 

 skin, and for "breaking the grain" and removing the subcutaneous tis- 

 sue from a dried skin, the women, who appear to do most if not all 

 of this work, use a tool consisting of a blunt stone blade, numnted in 

 a .short, thick haft of wood or ivory, iittin- exactly to the inside of the 

 hand and having hoh's or lioHows to receive the tips of the tin-ers and 

 thuiid.. 'I'he skin is laid up..n the thi-h and thoroughly scraped with 



