SXOW TOOLf- 



apu'ya, or SHOW hut, tliey at the [inist-nt day iiiflcra saw or a 1 

 kuife (for mstaiice, a wiialcman's boanliiij; kuilc), if Ilicy fan iircii-ii 

 but they still have mauy of thelarue sabcrsliai»Ml ivory kniv.'s so 

 moiily used by the Eskimo cverywhcri' for tliis i)uri)os('. 'I'licst 

 however, more generally used for scrapuii; snow otf their clol liin". el 



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present. We brought home two of these knives, w 

 any importaut respect from the many s])c(inieiis c 

 plorers iu Alaska. 



No. 89478 [759]. Fig. 30.3, is one of th.-s.-— saviu'r 

 is of walrus ivory (following the imtural outline of 



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long. The blade is double-edged, the haft roun.h-d ou the edges and 

 laced along the lower edge for 3^ inches with a doulde piece of sinew 

 braid. The object of this is to give the hand a Hrmer grip on the haft. 

 These knives are also used for cutting tlie l)locks of snow to supjily 

 the house witli water. 



Snow shorels.—Thi' broad, short-handled snow sliovel of wood with a 

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