NELSON] NEEDLES AND BODKINS 107 
from Cape Darby, four and one-half inches long by three-quarters of an 
inch wide and an eighth of an inch thick, used for supporting a bone 
or an ivory needle while the eye is being pierced. The following speci- 
mens are shown in plate XLVI: 
Figure 15, from Sabotnisky, is a sharp-pointed bodkin, made from 
the wing-bone of a large bird. 
Figure 13, from Kushunuk, is another bodkin, made from the hollow 
wing-bone of a bird. It has a neatly made wooden head, inserted like 
a plug in its upper end. 
Figure 1, from St Michael, is of deerhorn, the upper end in the 
form of a human figure, with a face represented on both sides. A 
stick passing through a hole in the body and projecting on either side 
forms the arms. The lower end is rounded and grooved, with a holiow 
at the tip, in which is fitted a slender, tapering point of deerhorn that 
can be removed and replaced at will. This is the only implement of 
its kind that was seen. It is fashioned after iron-poimted tools used 
for a similar purpose. 
Figure 14, from Razbinsky, is a slender, tapering bodkin of ivory, 
having its upper end cut into the form of a fish-head. 
Figure 9, from Cape Prince of Wales, terminates in a link, by which 
is attached a loose piece cut in the form of a bird-head. Little tufts 
of seal hair are inserted in holes around the upper end of the handle 
and in the bird-head, held in place by means of wooden pegs. 
Figure 8, from Big lake, is made of ivory; it has two links in its 
upper end, and the top is carved to represent a fish-head. 
Figure 11, from Cape Vancouver, is triangular in cross section and 
has little strings of beads attached to the handle, the top of which is 
surmounted by a knob. 
Figure 10, trom Askinuk, is terminated by a link with a pendant in 
which blue beads are set. 
Figure 12, from Cape Prince of Wales, is triangular in cross section, 
with the upper end neatly cut into the form of a reindeer head. 
Figure 7, from the Kuskokwim, is a handsome ivory bodkin termi- 
nating in three links, with the hind flippers of a seal pendent from the 
top. 
Figure 4, from Chalitmut, has an iron point and a handle of walrus 
‘ivory terminating in two links, the top one in the form of a fish-tail. 
Figure 2, from Cape Vancouver, is a long iron point with a handle 
of walrus ivory in the form of a salmon, along the body of which are 
set little tufts of seal hair. 
Figure 6, from the lower Yukon, is an iron-pointed bodkin with a 
wooden handle and a little wooden sheath for slipping over the point. 
Figure 16, also from the lower Yukon, is a specimen of the larger 
bodkins or awls used for piercing heavy skins employed in making 
kaiaks and for other similar work. 
Figure 3, from Nulukhtulogumnut, is a strong iron implement with 
an ivory handle fashioned in the shape of a seal. 
