168 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
into a saw (No. 89476 [1206], Fig. 147), but without teeth, was used for 
this purpose. 
That such stone blades were used with a haft is shown by the only 
hafted specimen, No. 56628 [214], Fig. 152, from Nuwitk. This is a rather 
small adz. The head of dark green jade differs from those already de- 
Fic. 132.—Hafted jade adz. 
scribed only in dimensions, being 4 inches long, 2-1 wide, and 1-7 thick. 
The haft is of reindeer antler and in shape much like that of No. 56638 
[309], but has only one hole for the lashing. The lashing is of the usual 
stout seal thong and put on in the usual fashion. No. 
89673 [1423] is.an old black adz from Sidaru of thé same 
pattern as those described, but very Smoothly and 
neatly made. About one-half of this 
specimen has been cut off for whet- 
stones, etc. 
The next step is to make the lash- 
ing more secure by cutting trans- 
verse grooves on the upper face of the 
head to hold the thong in place. 
This has been done on No. 56667 
[215], figured in Point Barrow Rept.. 
Ethnology, P1.u, Fig.5,an adz of dark 
olive green jade, from Utkiavwin, 
which shows two such grooves, broad 
and shallow, running across the 
upper face. Of these two classes the : 
Fic. 133.—Adzhead Collection contains thirteen unhafted 7 {23{Aazheador 
ofjade and bone. Specimens and one hafted specimen, — °*&* 
all of jade. As cutting these grooves in the stone is a laborious process, 
the device of substituting some more easily worked substance for the 
back part of the head would naturally suggest itself. 
Fig. 133, No. 89658 {1072}, from Utkiavwin, has a long blade of black 
stone with the butt slightly tapered off and imbedded in a body of 
whale’s bone, which has a channel 1 inch wide, for the lashing, cut round 
