158 TEE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
the tip, and the lower edge is sloped off so that the end of the haft is 
flat and narrow, with a slight twist. The blade is riveted to the flat 
face of the haft with three iron rivets, and is a piece of a saw counter- 
sunk flush with the surface of the haft, so that it follows its curvature. 
The cutting edge is beveled only on the upper face. The lower edge of 
the haftt, from the blade to the place where it begins to narrow, is pierced 
with eleven equidistant holes, through which is laced a piece of seal- 
skin thong, the two parts crossing like a shoe-lacing, to prevent the 
Fic. 113.—Large crooked knife 
hand from slipping. The ornamental pattern on the upper face of the 
haft is incised and was originally colored with red ocher, but is now 
filled with dirt. 
Fig. 114, No. 89780 {1004d], is a very long hafted knife (the haft is 
12-3 inches long), but otherwise resembles the type, though not so 
elaborately ornamented. The blade is also a bit of a saw. It is pro- 
vided with a sheath 34 inches long, made of black sealskin with the 
black side out, doubled over at one side, and sewed “over and over” 
down the other side and round one end. To the open end is sewed a bit 
of thong with a slit in the end of it, into which one end of a lanyard of 
Seal twine 15 inches long is fastened with a becket-hitch. When the 
Fie. 114.—Large crooked knife, with sheath. 
sheath is fitted over the blade the lanyard is passed through a hole in 
the haft and made fast by two or three turns around it. Such sheaths 
are often used by careful workmen. This particular knife was the 
property of the ‘‘inlander” Ili’/bwge, previously mentioned. No. 89283 
[967], from Nuwitk, is interesting as being the only left-handed tool we 
obtained. The fourth knife has a blade with a cutting edge of 34 inches, 
while that of each of the others is 3 inches. 
The small knife differs little from the mi/dlin except in having the 
haft very much shorter and not tapered off at the tip. Fig. 115a, No. 
56552 [145], from Utkiavwin, shows a common form of this kind of 
knife, though the blade usually has a sharp point like those of the large 
