298 TIIIC rolNT ISAKKUW ESKIMO. 



[imC], Fijj. 201(1), only t)-4 inch loiiff, to Wades like No. S!l(l]2 [S20], Fijj. 

 2",)7, fronrutkiavwin. This is newly made from li.nlit .i;ray translucent 

 Hint and is T) inelies lonj;-. Tlie name kibuEfu, applied to this specimen 

 l)v (lie native tioiii wIhuii it \v;is punliascd, appears to refer either to 

 the niateiial or ilic niiiisiial size. Tlic lilade is ordinarily called kuki, 

 "a cImw." W iili ilie ivi'iy liandlcs a 1)!m(1c about 1 or IJ inches is com- 

 \ used and with tlie wooden ones a, considerably 



I one,- to •"> inclies in lenjitli. The handles vary in 



II lit the iiands of tlie owners, Imt are all too small 



^ 'c'eollerted ;,rel„rtl,e n.uldjuni.l. .-^^"^^ 



I he iirevailinji' one from Point I'.ai'row to V 

 Norl.in Sound, is evi.h'ntly the direct de- £ 

 ^(■cndiiiit of the form used still farthei 

 soutli, wliicli consists of a stone or bon< 

 , ; „ l,hid.- of the same shape, niouiiled on : 



■..,„>,„....,,„■, \vo,„hMi handle often afoot or IS inches i; | 



Ion-;, which has the other end bent down into a handle \: 

 like the butt of a pistol. Bhortenin- tliis handle (a i.n.c- , ; 



ess shown by specimi-iis in tln^ Museum) would brinj; , j 



the worker's iiand nearer to the blade, thus enabling him 

 to uuide it better. Let this jirocess be continued till the 

 whole handle is short cnoni;h to be grasped in the hand 

 and we have the first subtype described, of which the 

 others are clearly iniiuovenients. 



A still more primitive tyjie of scraper is shown by Fig. 

 20S, No. SiKir.l I lL.".t."il Croni rtkiavwiD, the only specimen 

 of I he kind seen. This has a Hint blade, like those of 

 till' UHiilerii scrapeis, inserted in the larger end of a 

 stiai-ht halt of reindeer antler, T.A inches long. We did 

 not learn llie history of this IimiI in the hurry of trade, 

 hut I'rniii the sha|ieof the blaili' it is evidently a SCraper. 

 Its use as a. skin scraper is renilered still more ])robable 

 by the fact thai the scrapers used by some of the eastern no. 298.-Straight- 

 Kskimo (there aie specimens in the Museum tioin Cum- liafters.raper. 

 beiland Cuir and I'elly IJay) have straight handles, tlnmgh shorter 

 than this. 



The Siberian natives use an entirely diftcrent form of scraper which 

 hasahmg hanillc like that of a spoke shave with a small blade of stone 

 or iron in the miihlle and is wmked with liolh hands.' Fig. 299 (No. 

 .S94S.S [b"(7S| liiiiii I'tkiaxwin) is a tool which we never saw in use 

 but which we were told was intended for scraping skins. It is prob- 

 ably an obsolete tool, as a knifes would better serve the purpose of re- 



' Nunluuakiolil, Vt-ga, vol. 2, iqt. 122, and Fij;. 1, p. 117. 



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