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Th.'inesli stick (ku'l.nu) iM'lon-iii- t.. Ilic lari;c Mcltino nrcdl,-. No 

 56581 [102J, may be takwi as tlic t\\>v of tliis implciiicnl. ^Ii is a i.ici-c 

 of the hard outside tissue of a rciiidccr auflcr. 'I'lic tlirtc ikiIcIks oh 

 the lower edge of the haft are for tlic lingers. Tlic incised liii<. mIoii" one 

 faee of the Wade is prohalily a inaik (o wliicli (lie I wine is to l)c ,h;i\\ ii 

 in making a mesli. Tlic Idadc is jnsi the |>io|)ei leiiiitii, H indies tor 

 the large mesh of the seal iici. The leniainiim I'onr niesli sUcl^s arc all 

 small, and intended for making ttsh nets. Time aiv ol' icindcer anik'r 

 and the fourth of hard boue, with a wooden liatt. 



Fig. ?,'2()u (No. S!I4;!(; |li.'S4j, fr.mi rtkiavwin) is of aiilier, 7-i' inciics 



king, with a blade of I'-T inclies, protected fr splitlin- liy a stout 



round i.cg of har<l bone, driven throngli the liandle s., as to lie a-aiiist 

 the heel of the blade. It terminates in a blunt i.oiiil instead of aliook. 



UtkiaA'wih, is of the same material. .">•!' indies long, without a hook and 

 with a blade only 1 inch long. There arc two tinger notches in the haft 

 The last of the antler mesh sticks (No, S'.(4.>".l |!»s;!j, from I'tkiavwih. 

 Fig.320fc) is double ended, having a liook and a slioi t blade at cadi end. 

 The blades ai-e respectively lv->and !•(! inches long, and the total length 

 is (;-(i inches. Fig. 320c (No. 89435 [l()l!l|, also from rtkiavwin) has a 

 blade, with a. small hook, of white compact bone, and what would be 

 the handle lashed to one side of a haft of soft wood, which is shouldered 

 to receive it. The haft is 4-3 inches hmg, and the two parts aie licld 

 together by two lashings of fine sinew, kei)t from slipping by notches. 

 The total lengtli is 7-3 indies, that of the blade i'-7. Netting needles 

 andmeshsticksof es.sentially the same type as those just described, but 

 varying in material and diniensions, arc in general use from the Ander- 

 son Itivei- to Bristol I'.ay, as is shown by the :\hiscum collections. 



Xfttiii;/ »V7V/A/.v.— We collected Kl littl.' ix'ory iiii]ilenieiits, each, wlu-n 

 complete, consisting of the image of a fish about -U to 4 inches long. 

 suspended by a string about 4 inches long to a little ivory spi ing hook. 

 We never happened to see these imi)lemeuts in use, but we were told 

 that they were used in netting to keep the meshes in proper shai)e. 

 Thc> generally were made in pairs. The only way of using them that 

 I can think of is first to hook one into the bight of the first mesh made 

 in starting the net. Tliis would make the successive meshes, as they 

 were netted, hang down out of the way. On starting the next row in 

 the opposite direction, the second weight hooked into the flr.st mesh of 

 this row would draw the successive meshes down on the left-hand side 

 of the stick, while the other weight would keep the meshes of the first 

 row stretched so that one couhl be easily caught at a time. On begin- 

 ning the third row the first weight would be transferred to the first 

 mesh of this, and so on. Fig. :V21a is one of a pair of these ncpitaiira 

 (No. .-)(m!I(; |2(»7] ) wiiicli has been selected as the type. It is a, rather 

 rude tignre of a salmon or trout 4 inches long, neatly carved out of walrus 

 ivorv. The strini; is of braiiled sinew and the hook of walrus ivory. 



