NELSON] IMPLEMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS 77 
SNOW BEATERS 
For beating snow from boots, clothing, and other articles made of 
fur, the western Eskimo use a long, flattened piece of bone, ivory, or 
deerhorn. Some of these are nearly straight, while others are more 
or less curved. 
Figure 21, 1, represents a beater of this kind, from Sabotnisky, made 
from walrus ivory, smaller at one end, where a strip of wood is lashed 
on the inner side by means of rawhide cord in order to give a firmer 
grip. This implement is suboval in cross section and is much heavier 
than is usually the case. 
Fia. 21—Snow beuters (75). 
A strongly curved beater from the lower Yukon (figure 21, 2) is made 
from split deerhorn with a knob, carved into the form of a man’s head, 
terminating the handle. A snow beater brought from St Lawrence 
island is exactly like the one from the lower Yukon in shape and mate- 
rial, including the knob at the end of the handle, except that the latter 
is not carved. 
The specimen from Sledge island shown in figure 21, 4, is made from 
walrus ivory, with a rounded wooden handle fitted upon one end; on 
the inside it has a central ridge and on the back is a broad, shallow 
groove. 
A long snow beater from Cape Prince of Wales (figure 21, 5) is made 
of a thin piece of whalebone, narrowed a little toward the handle and 
