gj^, iiiE POINT ]!AKKO\V KSKIMO. 



IMl'LKMEXTS FOR PRO.T in.N.i AND PKKPARING FOOD. 



lihihhn-hnob 





tclmij; lioia of pieces of blublu'r or 

 ■ walniN oi- iliaggiiif; tliem vouiid on 

 iIkt rooms, tlu'\ use books iiuub' by 



i.iil' 



IS brut iliti 



the cli.l ot a \\«',iW\\ li.ilidlc,^^ 



UMuledVor iiM' iM thr boMts lun.' haii.lU-s 7 or S 

 IW-I loiij;. while those for shore use are ouly I.' or 

 ;j feel loiiu. These iiiiph-meuts. which are eoni- 



moi, all aloiiu the Ahiskan eoast. iua> 



soiiietiiiu's be used as iMMthooks, as ap 



pears to be the ease farther south, though 



I never saw them so employed. We 



brouuht home two short hooks and one 



long one. Xo..-.(17(;(; [lli(;].Fi8-.311. This 



has a prong of walrus ivory fastened to 



a spruce pole, 7 feet 7^ inches long, to 



the othei end ot which is fastened a 



short ciook (It .iiitlei. The pole is ellip- 

 tical in section. The crooU is a nearly 



sti, light ••liiMiicli" of an antler with a 



tiaiis\ei,se .11111 at the base made by cut- 

 ting <int ,1 lile.e ol the ••beam" t.i lit 



against tii. pule 1 is 1,. 1,1 .,n li> tliic 



neat lasiiiii;:sii| w lialebone ol the usual 



|iaiiein. 'I'lie iipiier two of these are 



1 1 .1 iis\ ei sc lashings passing- througheor- 1'^;^ 



respoiidint; holes in the pole and crook. 



The lowest, which is at the ti]) of the 



arm, is at i ight angles to these, jiassing 



through wniiil ,in(l .intlei 'I'lie l.islniig 



ofwhaleliolii ilosi-WilliclllMil liiecKKiU. " 1 



passing througli a hole and round the i | 



under side of the latter, is to keep the j 

 l.'!m. '"liiT-haiid from slipping off. The proug is 

 i,",'"h....i,- hehl on by two lashings of small seal 

 thong, each ])assing tlirougli a large transverse 

 hole in the jjrong and a coires|ionding one in 

 theiKile. Theupiieiiiairofholesdo not exactly 

 match. There are als.i two unused holes, one 



in the jiole below (he upper hole and one above 



the iijiper hole in the prong. These holes and the new appearance of 

 tlie lashings indicate that the prong is part of another hook recently 

 litted to this pole. The two lashings are made by a single piece of thong. 



