AMT'LETS. 441 



not likely that the use of tliese is contiiicd to the woiiicn, as his words, 

 •'Elk'syiK)iteiit,''woiihl seem to imply. Among the sedentary ('hukches 

 ot'Sil)eria amulets were seen eonsisting of wooden forks and wood or ivory 

 carvings.' A wolf's skull, hung up by a thong; the skin, together with the 

 whole eartilaginous portion of a wolf 's nose, and a tia t stone, are also men- 

 tioned.^ Capt. Holm also found wonderfully simihir enstoms among 

 the East Greenlanders. He says,' "b»re alle Folk Amulet teraf de 

 mest forskjelligartede Ting" to guard against sickness and to insure 

 long life, and also for si)eeitie purposes. The men wear tiu'iii slung 

 round the neclc or tied round tlie upper arm, the women in their knot 

 of hair or "i Snippen foran paa Pelsen." 



I Nordenskiokl, Teca, vol. 2, p. 126. 



^Vi'ga, vnl. 1, p. 5o:i. 



^GfOLTaask Tidakrilt, vol. S. p. 9J. 



