518 



'HE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



greatly ivscinlilcs a inincin.i;- knife. Fig. 4(;i iv]>ivscii(s tin- \\>vm 

 ■whicli is now ill iiM', Ki.L;'. Hi-.' is a very old iiln liainlli' ridin a stcmc 

 circle on (,)rii<'rtii(x<ljnaii (Cajie Brougliton). It is luadi' of hone and 

 has a slit for the slate blade. It is worth remarking that this blade 

 had not been riveted to the handle, but fastened with a kind of glue 





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Fig. 468. Old ulo \ 

 from Cape Broughtc 

 Volkerkunde, Beiliii 



(see p. 536). There are a few arrow and harpoon heads the blades 

 of whicli are inserted in the same manner ; the bone is heated and 

 the blade is inserted while it is hot. As it is cooling the slit becomes 

 narrower and the blade is firmly squeezed into the bone handle. Part 

 of a slate blade, which had been riveted to the handle, is shoAvn 

 in Fig. 403. Fig. 464 represents a handle from a recent grave. 



In preparing the skin the women spread it over a piece of whale- 

 bone (asimautang), a small board, or a flat stone, and sit down before 

 it, resting on their knees, the feet bent under the thighs. They hold 

 the skin at the nearest edge and, pushing the ulo forward, remove 

 the blubber from it and deposit the latter in a small tub which stands 

 near the board. As they proceed to the opposite end of the skin, the 

 finished part is rolled up and held in the left hand. 



