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THE PniXT BARROW ESKIMO. 



vood. stone, some featliers or hair, that 

 I'lii), and i)erliap.s tlie bone of a marine 

 ct Mie crew from dro\viiinji- sliotild the 



.vin is a hunch of feathers to he carried 

 wiiiK feathers of the .uoldeii ea^i;le, four 

 ew round the quills, four tieil uj) with 

 1 thon.u which serves to tie the whole 

 has all the light-colored parts of the 

 •, and a single feather shaft carefully 

 lil and wonnd spirally with a piece of 



iavwih is the charm whi(!li will secure 

 t is Inuif;' n\> outside of the snow house 

 ■d. It consists of two roughly stuifed 

 •r (Charadriiis squatarola), each with a 



lid su]i]>orts the neck and the 

 til sinew. One has uo head. 

 is tied around the hody of each, so as to leave 

 w liich is fastened a little cross piece of bone, by 

 to a becket. Like the rest of the amulets in 

 idently seen service, being very old, worn, and 



i-ts. n; 



add ai)i)arently c 



by a number of 



using snch things as amulets, w 



the i)reservation of most of the a 



other implements, especially th 



ts which have belonged to or 



n- sujperiiatural beings, or I may 



I'rtain localities, 



specimens. To the custom of 



undoubtedly 



)onsand 

 made of wood, 



irpoon 

 ittaclu 

 12,-), >" 



■•"•'• bone, or other perishable substances, like the an- 

 heads already described, one of which, No. 89544 [1419], 

 d to th(^ belt on whieli it was worn. 

 .■((iOUcS [30S], from Utkiavwiu is one of the ancient black 



