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pierced with a series of holes, through which cords are passed and 
Wrapped around the handle to give a stronger grip. <A double cord, 
about two inches in length, with a knob made from a little roll of cloth 
at its upper end, is attached to the 
handle, and serves for buttoning this: 
implement to the belt so that it may 
be carried conveniently. 
Another specimen from Cape Prince 
of Wales (figure 21,.3) consists of a 
long, tapering piece of ivory, nearly 
flat on one side and beveled to three 
surfaces on the other; the handle has 
a series of notches along each border. 
Strongly curved beaters of deer- 
horn, similar to those found on St 
Lawrence island and the lower Yukon, 
were observed in use among the na- 
tives of the eastern Siberian coast. 
SNOW SHOVELS AND ICE PICKS 
In the region visited, the Eskimo use 
wooden or bone shovels for clearing 
away snow from around their houses 
or for excavating the snowdrifts. 
Picks of walrus ivory or deerhorn 
are also used for removing frozen snow, 
for cutting holes in the ice for fishing, 
and for other purposes. 
A fine wooden snow shovel from 
Point Barrow is represented in plate 
xxxy, 4. The blade is broad, nearly 
flat, and formed of three pieces, held 
together by means of lashings of 
whalebone passed through holes bored 
for that purpose; the lower edge of 
the wood is fitted by a tongue into a 
groove, in a sharp, flat piece of walrus 
ivory, which is fastened by a series of 
wooden pegs. <A blue bead is inlaid 
on the upper part of the blade near 
the handle. The handle is 18 inches 
in length and subtriangular in cross 
section; the upper end is bound with 
braided cord of sinew, to give a firm grip for the hands, whileon the 
lower end, near the blade, is a lashing of whalebone. ; 
Figure 22, 2, from St Lawrence island, is a rude shovel made from a 
Fic. 22—Snow shovels (#5). 
