■}7(; Tin: point hauhow eskimo. 



Tlic festivals of the eastern Ilskiiiio appear to be less formal and 

 elahiirate than tliose in the west, consisting sinii)ly of singini;- and 

 dancinj;.' 



TOVS AND Sl'dRTS FOK Clin.DREN AND OTHERS. 



I'liiilihiiKjfi.—Thoniih the childieu amuse themselves with a great 

 inan\ sports and iilays, we saw very few toys or playthings in use. We 

 brought home six o]>jects which appear to have no use except as play- 

 things. 



Fig. 374*/ (Su. sitSDi; [lisii] fiiini Nuwfik) is a whirligig ia principle 

 verv like tiiat made lor <-ivili/eil <hihlren. It is a block of spruce, fitted 

 with a slialt of narwhal i\ ory. This fits loosely in the straight tubular 

 handle, whieh is a sertion ot tli<' branch ot an antler, with the soft inside 

 lissnei-ut out. .\ string of seal thong passes through a hole iu the 

 middle of I he handle and is fastened to the shaft. This string is about 

 s leel long, and aliont half of it is tied up into the hank to make a 

 handle for jmlling it. It works very niueh like a civilized child's whii'li- 

 gig. The string is wound around the shaft and a smart pull on the 

 iianille unwinds it, making the lihick spin round rapidly. The reaction, 

 si)inniug it in the ojipo.site direction, winds up the string again. A 

 couple of loose hawk's feathers are stuck into the ti]) of the block, which 

 is ])aintcd with icd oeher for about an inch. Four equidistant stripes 

 of tlie same ((jlor inn down the sides to a border of the same width 

 round the liase. 'i'his was made for sale and appears to be an uuusnal 

 Io,\ . 1 do not recollect ever seeing the children play with such a toy. 

 it is called kai'psa (dr. kavsilk, "a whirligig or similar toy "). 



fig. .■i74/< is a similar whirbgig from Utkiavwin (No. 89807 [1350]). 

 'I'he liloik. which is 4-1' inches long, is made of the solid tip of a mountain 

 sheeiTs horn, and is elaborately ornamented with a conventional pat- 

 tern ot lines and ■■ circles and dots," incised and colored red with ocher. 

 The shalt is of haril bone, and the line has a bttle wooden handle at 

 the end. The block is so heavy that it will hardly spin. 



Kig. .-iT.") (No. naVM |4(J] from Utkiavwiil) is a teetotum (also called 

 kaipsa). The shaft is of i)ine and the disk of .spruce and is ornamented 

 with black lead marks, forming a border about one quarter inch broad 



il)cs(ri|i(ions of Eskiiut) fi-stivnls ,ire to be found in Egrale's Greenland, p. 152, and Crantz, History 

 of C.rccnhiu.l, vol. 1, p. 175, ivliiTc. lie mentions tlie sun fe.nst held nt the winter solstice. This Tory 

 likely corresponds to tlu> December fe.snvahit I'.iiiit r.tunw If fli. I ,l I, i 1». reaUy arite instituted by 

 tlu' ancestors oi the present Kslvimo when tin > Ii\. il in l,. , 1 i n ii,i. , i,. celebrate the "winter sol- 

 stice, it iseasy touuder.Hland why it .should l.e I,. 1,1 ;,r i, ; , i , - ,,:, i;,,,, by the people of Kotzebue 

 Sound, as state,! by Til. Si., iiis..i,,„p,il, |,. -.,_• „i„,, ,, , , t h, , , „„leer mijrht be .succeasfully 



piirsu.-d (hr..,i^l,..::i II:, ^^,,,l>. 1 1 i , ,iii,i h ,,,. , , | , ~;,1. ring the custom in Greenland, that 



tills is the r. I M , 1 i! : ,1 ! .. I III I, , 1,1 the time should be selected by the 



people at !■,,, II ., ,, ■ - i I. I . ,;, ^ , ;in not well be attended to." as Simp- 



S,lnvatkas S. , 

 auddetaileili 



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