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the same locality, has a flint point mounted in a hollowed bone ferrule 
to fit on the lower end of the shaft. 
Figure 10, from Norton sound, is a drill having the iron point 
mounted in a bone head, the base of which is divided by a wedge- 
shape slot in which the wooden shaft is mounted and held in place by 
a wrapping of rawhide. 
Figure 9, from Cape Nome, is also an iron-point drill, mounted simi- 
larly to the preceding except that the wooden shaft is held in position 
in the bone head by rivets. 
Figure 3, from St Lawrence island, is a drill with a broad, flat point 
of iron inserted in the wooden shaft without any wrapping or other 
fastening. ate 
Figure 4, from St Lawrence island, is somewhat similarly mounted, 
but the point.of the shaft is tapered down and wrapped with a strip of 
whalebone. 
Figure 5, from Norton sound, has a greenstone point mounted in 
the end of a wooden shaft and held in place by a wrapping of sinew. 
Another specimen, from Hotham inlet, is provided with a finely made . 
nephrite point. 
Figure 6, from Paimut, is a similarly made greenish stone drill 
point. 
Figure 2, from St Lawrence island, is another small drill. It has 
the lower end of the stock narrowed down and wrapped with sinew to 
hold the point in position. 
The large canine teeth of bears are commonly used for the cross 
handles at the ends of the drill cords; they are drilled crosswise 
throngh the middle, and the cord is then passed through and fastened 
at each end. Figure 21, from Norton sound, is an example of these 
handles. Various other forms of drill handles are used; some are 
made from the wing-bones of waterfowl; others are carved from deer- 
horn or ivory to represent seals, fish, or other forms. 
Figure 14, from Kotzebue sound, shows one of a pair of handles made 
from smooth bars of walrus ivory, slightly curved on their outer surface 
and having a double curve on the inside, in which the fingers rest 
when grasping it. 
Figure 15, from St Michael, is another of these handles carved from 
walrus ivory to represent two heads of a white bear, 
Figure 20, from Paimut, represents a pair of handles, each in the 
form of a fish-like creature with the tail of a white whale. Caps for 
drill shafts to be used with double-hand cords are made usually with 
the top smoothly rounded; sometimes they are large enough only for 
one hand, but ordinarily are made for grasping with both. Nearly all 
‘of these objects are provided with a hole in one end for attaching to 
the drill cord when not in use. They are generally made of wood, with 
a piece of stone set in the lower side, in which is a small conical depres- 
sion to receive the top of the shaft. 
