cULIN] TOPS: ESKIMO (EB 
Eskimo (Crntrau: Arvinirmiur and Kryieeru). West coast of 
Hudson bay, Keewatin. 
Dr Franz Boas“ describes the following game: 
A large cake of ice is formed in the shape of a top (kipekutuk) with a flat 
surface and a dull point which fits into a shallow hole. One man sits down on 
the piece of ice, while two others spin it around by means of sticks. This game 
is often indulged in at the floe edge, when waiting for the pack-ice to come in 
with the tide. Generally a man who is the butt of all the others is induced to 
sit on this top, and is spun around until he is made sick. 
Esximo (Laprapor). Ungava bay. (United States National Mu- 
seum. ) 
Cat. no. 90281. Wooden top (figure 969), conical, with band of red 
paint around the top: height, 2 inches. 
Fig. 969. Fig. 970. Fig. 971. Fig. 972. Fig. 973 
Fig. 969. Top; height, 2 inches; Labrador Eskimo, Ungava bay; cat. no. 90281, United States 
National Museum. 
Fic. 970. Top; height, 44 inches; Labrador Eskimo, Ungava bay; cat. no. 90282, United States 
National Museum. 
Fig. 971. Top; height, 3; inches; Labrador Eskimo, Ungava bay; cat. no. 90283, United States 
National Museum. 
Fic. 972. Top; height, 2} inches; Labrador Eskimo, Ungava bay; cat. no. 90284, United States 
National Museum. 
Fie. 973. Wooden top; height, 4¢ inches; Western Eskimo, Bristol bay, Alaska; cat. no. 56045, 
United States National Museum. 
Cat. no. 90282. Wooden top (figure 970), with two bands of red 
paint, and spindle of the same piece at the top; height, 43 
inches. 
Cat. no. 90283. Wooden top (figure 971), a flat disk, 34 inches in 
diameter, with a spindle 3% inches in length. 
Cat. no. 90284. Wooden top (figure 972), a disk, with a spindle be- 
low; the top concave and painted on the upper side with circle 
of red paint at the edge. 
All these specimens were collected by Mr Lucien M. Turner. 
Esxrmo (Western). Bristol bay, Alaska. (United States National 
Museum. ) 
Cat. no. 56045. Wooden top (figure 973), 4% inches in height. 
2Pskimo of Baffin Land and Hudson Bay. Bulletin of the American Museum of Nat- 
ural History, v. 15, p. 110, New York, 1901. 
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