94 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
These mauls vary considerable in size. The largest is 7-1 inches long 
and 2-5 in diameter, and the smallest 2-1 inches long by 2-4. This is a 
very small hammer, No. 56634 [83] having a haft only 4-7 inches long. 
The haft is usually about 5 inches long. The longest (belonging to one 
of the smaller heads, 4 inches by 2) is 7-2 inches long, and the shortest 
(belonging to a slightly larger head, 4:7 by 3-1 inches) is 4:5 inches. The 
largest two heads, each 7-1 by 2:5 inches, have hafts 5 inches long. 
The lashing of all is put on in the same general way, namely, by se- 
curing oneend round the head and through the eye, then taking a varia- 
ble number of turns round 
the head and through the 
hole, and tightening these 
up by wrapping the end 
spirally round all the parts, 
where they stretch from 
head to haft on each side. 
Seal thong, narrow or broad, 
is more generally used than 
sinew braid (only three specimens out of the thirteen have lashings of 
sinew). When broad thong is used the loop is made by splicing, as 
follows: A slit is cut about 1} inches from the end of the thong, and 
the end is doubled in a bight and passed through this slit. The end is 
then slit and the other 
end of the thong passed 
through it and drawn 
taut, making a_ splice 
which holds all the 
tighter for drawing on 
it. A simple loop is tied 
in sinew braid. 
The following figures 
will illustrate the most 
important variations in 
the form of this imple- 
ment. Fig.23, No. 56634 
[83] from Utkiavwin, has 
a head of light gray 
pectolite, slightly trans- 
lucent, and evidently 
ground flat on the faces, 
and the haft is of reindeer antler, with a slight knob at the butt. A 
square piece of buckskin is doubled and inserted between the head and 
haft. The lashing is of fine sealskin twine, and the spiral wrapping is 
carried wholly round the head. This was the first stone maul collected, 
and was put together at the station, as mentioned above. It is rather 
smaller than usual. Fig. 24, No. 56637 [196], from Utkiavwin, has the 
Fic, 23.—Stone maul. 
I'ic. 24.—Stone maul. 
