POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 



Isiiii (ill a letter to the writer) says that the 

 iiiforiiieii him that the cable twisters (kaputa — 

 ml) were also used for inakiufi' twisted cord. 

 follows: "The euds of the sinew eord are tied 

 two i\()ry j)ieces, oue of the latter at each end 

 ■y are twisted in op]iosite directions, thns get- 

 .'■ord used on the bows." 

 at I'liint liarrow is ueiierally braided, almost 



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seilted in the Mliseiiiii colleetioiis. 

 with four strands is shown by the h 

 |41()j). They also have a special w. 

 hiji witli four strands in di.stinctioi 

 (pidrri). 



Xettiug. — Two imiilements are i 

 needle or lonj;- Hat shuttle for cai 

 No. r>V,->H) [101 j), and a mesh stick t\ 

 mesh. The knot isthennive " 

 hitch made in the usual iii; 

 mesh stick, howe\ cr, is rathe 



(which 

 rom lir; 



'.e of stout i)ackthread, 

 iim all localities repre- 

 Iso know how to braid 

 ly described (No. 56545 

 an not recall) for braid- 

 ni;- with three 



as usual in netting', a 



ii the twine (Fig. .'U."), 



uging the length of the 



sal " fisherman's knot" or becket 



mer. The method of using the 



peculiar, and somewhat clumsv 



t makers, as it serves 

 > hold the successive 

 tlat piece of Ixme or 

 blade sipiare at heel 

 hint hook (as in Fig. 



com]iared with that used by ci\ili/,ed i 

 only to measure the mesh and not also 

 meshes as they arc made. It is a Ion 

 antler, sliajied like a case knife, with : 

 and point. There is often also a litth- 



;{I(;, No. .".(l.")SI I I()L!I I) at the point, bending upward or toward 

 the back of the blade. The blade is the part of the stick which 

 measures the iiicsh.and its length from heel to point is always 

 l.rccisely half the length of the mesh to be made. It i.s us.'.l 

 ling the mesh stick by the haii 

 ■ blade downward, catches the 

 o be made with the hook, and 

 rried down the left .side of the 

 ugh the mesh as usual, and drawn ^lesh stick, 

 mes just to the point of the blade. This 

 f( n- a mesh round the stick. The point 

 is now caught between the thumb and 

 iiesh stick taken out of the loop. The 

 ther lingers of this hand still hold the 



