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THE CENTRAL ESKIMO 



sjiike which is in the end of the groove. When the board is used it 

 is held firmly in the right hand, the first finger passing throiigh the 

 hole by the side of the groove, the thumb clasping the notch on the 

 left side (Fig. 434 6), the other fingers those on the right side. The 

 shaft is held by the points of the fingers. When the spear is hurled 



Fig. 4.33. Anguvigang or Fig. 433 Nuirn or 

 lance. Museum fur Vol- bird spear. (Muse- 

 kerkimde, Berlin. • um fur Vcilker- 



kunde, -Berlin.) 



the posterior point of the groove describes a wide circle and the 

 fingers let go the shaft, which, remaining in its first position, is 

 driven forward by the sjiike with great violence, and thus it attains 

 considerable velocitv. 



