318 



uaiiii'litiil seiuii 1)11 rl 

 hav.- already 1 

 Tlicv l«.)ltl the 



POINT BARROW ESKIMO, 

 atcrpimif gut 



liiits. The stitches employed 



dcsciibwl under tlie head of clothiiiiLr (which .see). 



He between the thumb and middle tinger, with the 



linible on the forefinger (both are called by the same 



line, M'kyo) and sew toward them. This appears to 



■ the regular Eskimo method of sewing.' 



At the present day they are well supplied with steel 



iiifillcs (iiuksun) of all sizes and patterns, but formerly 



I li.y used bone needles iiiailefroni the fibula (amilygrfiu) 



i,|- the reindeer. Wr <oll.'cted sixty of these needles, 



( inlilccn of which appear to be old and genuine. The 



icsl were more or less carefully made for sale. Nika- 



waalu told i is that once wheu he and a young mau were 



out (leer liiiuting a long distance from camp their boots 



gave (mt. Ha\iug killed a deer he made thread from 



the sinew, a needle from the bone, and with pieces of 



the skill repaired their Ixiots, so that they got home in 



conifoir. 



N'd. S!I."..S!I [ll'.nj, Fig. :!-'."• will serve as the type of 

 tiiesc needles. This is a case 3^ inches long, made of 

 thr iHitt of a large iiiiill, closed with a. plug of walrus 

 1 contains needles. One is 1-8 inches long, 

 stout, and round -point.^d. with a large eye. It is much discolored from 

 age. The scioiid is also round-])oiuted but more slender, 1'9 inches 

 long, and llafteiied and expanded at the butt. The third is 2-4 inches 

 long, and lias ; 

 sided l)oinr lil;r 



and appea 

 other three are 

 , roughly made, 

 tlat, rcsnrr 



and 

 2-1, : 



long. Two of them look 

 suspicicmsly new. This 

 set was said to have been 

 the propw'ty of the wife 

 of Puka, Nik; 

 father. 



Fig. ;?2()fl is a iieeiil 

 iarly large and fiat nee 

 die (No. 89392 [ll!t:)| from ITtkiavwin) 3-2 inches long, with a round, 

 sharp point and a large eye, with little grooves running to the butt on 

 each side for the thread to lie in. This needle was perhaps specially 



