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ViSi. :i:lS,( (X„. ,S!t;;(J4 | V2i:',\ th.n, rtkiavwin) is ;,n.,Il„.r iv„ry nrr.ll« 

 case, Jr-7 iuclie.s louy. The rube \v:is (nice (iiiiaiiicrilcd with incisril 

 patterns, Imt these are almost wliolly woin olT by conslaiil handliu" 

 Tlic kiiol) is cai-vod int.. an oniameutal sliaiic. Iiavin- a ciiclr ,.r sfx 

 round kn.ibs r,„ind flic uii.ldl,-. It lias b.^ii su-.-esh'd tlial lliis is 

 meant to n'pivs,.nt a cloud berry (Ilubns cliama-morus). a IVuil known 



to the •■Xunatanmiun-tlioii-li ii,,t at 1> t Kairou. The h is a 



Sliaphook very much like those ilescribcd in eoniH.cti, .11 wiih the ik-iiiii'' 

 weif;lits. but hnni'v (.'i inches Ion.-) '^ 



and very broad at the upiiei 

 which is made into a broad riiij; 

 The point of a steel needle still stick 

 iug in the flesh side of tlie 

 shows how the needles are ( 

 witji the points tow 



No.S0.370 [lo;;;;]. also from rtkiav 

 ;nob,l)nt the end of the 

 stiap is kept from slipjiinj; tlirou; 



itcliin- it with a stitch of sinew. I 

 : has a broad thit snap hook similar \:\ 



. tl,,^ r.^.f l.,,t ,.,,f .... n 1 :..... \ 1 



the hist, I 

 ornamentaj sc:i 

 ornamented wit 

 (I wii 



No.:,.;^7^|7|is 



. , ' witli l)elt hook; 



'f I''"'" slipping 

 through by knottin.i; the end or tyin.;; ( 



some sneh oliject too lar.i:e to .i^o tliroiigh the tid»e. Xoiie 

 belt hooks except one new and rou.uhly made si.ecimen. 



These bone tubes arc appaivntl\ older than the neat ivory cylinders, 

 and it is not unlikely that the liell hook was not invented till the former 

 was mostly oul of fashion. No. S!);ii;i [ll.';:!'.»|. Fig. ;!1.'S/; fi'om Utkiavwln. 

 is one of these which lias for knob one of tin- hirge dark blue glass 

 beads which used to bring such enormous prices in the early days of 

 Arctic tiading. and which are still the kind most highly prized. The 

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