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THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



it rests on a beam. -The stern resembles closely tliat of the Cumber- 

 land Sound boats, while the head is less peaked, the keel having a 

 sharper bend at the beginning of the projection, which does not turn 

 upward. Early in the spring and in the autumn, when ice is still 

 forming, a scraper (sirmijaung) (Fig. 416) is always carried in the 



Fig. 410. Sirinijauug or scraper for kayak. tJluseum fiir Vulkerkuiide, lieii 



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Fig. 417. Large kayak harpoon for sea- 

 and walrus. Actual length, 0> feet. (Mu- 

 seum fiir Volkerkmule, Berlin.) 



Fio 41S Tikagung or support for the hand. n.b.cCSa- 

 tional Mu'.eiun W ashmgton. o, .<)0000 ; 6, 30005 ; c. 30004.) 

 (i (Museum fui Volkeikunde, Berlin.) 



