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head of some animal, perhaps a wolf, with bits of dark wood inlaid for 
eyes. The eye is a simple large transverse hole through the thigh. 
Fig. 158¢ (No. 89455 [929] from Nuwitk), is 5-9 inches long. The eye 
is drilled lengthwise through a large lump projecting from the middle 
of one side. Small blue beads are inlgid for the eyes, and one to indi- 
cate the male genital opening. 
Fig. 158d (No. 89456 [930] from Nuwitk) is like No. 56527 [23], but 
represents the left foot and is not so artistically carved. It is 3-7 inches 
long. 
Fig. 158e (No. 89457 [925] from Nuwittk) is 47 inches long, and re- 
sembles No. 89455 [929], but has instead of the seal’s tail and flippers 
a large ovoid knob ornamented with incised and blackened rings. The 
“eye” is bored transversely. 
Fig. 158f (No. 89458 [835| from Utkiavwin) differs from No. 89455 [925] 
in having a transverse eye, and being less artistically carved. Bits of 
lead are inlaid for the eyes. It is 4-4 inches long. The name of this 
implement is kt/n-i. 
We obtained six specimens of an old flint tool, consisting of a rather 
long thick blade mounted in a straight haft about 10 inches long,of 
which we had some difficulty in ascertaining the use. We were at last 
able to be quite sure that they were intended for drilling, or rather 
reaming out, the large cavity in the base of the ivory head of a whale 
harpoon, which fits upon the conical tip of the fore-shaft. The shape 
of the blade is well fitted for this purpose. It is not unlikely that such 
tools, worked as these are, by hand, preceded the bone drills for boring 
all sorts of objects, and that the habit of using them for making the 
whale harpoon was kept up from the same conservatism founded on 
superstition which surrounds the whole whale fishery. (See under 
“Whale fishing,” where the subject will be more fully discussed.) No. 
89626 [870], figured in Point Barrow Report, Ethnology, Pl. 1, Fig. 4, 
is a typical implement of this class (itaun, i/ttigetsau’). The blade is 
of black flint, flaked, 2 inches long, imbedded in the end of a haft of 
spruce, 10-5 inches long. The blade is held in place by whipping the 
eleft end of the haft with smew braid. 
Two of the other specimens, No. 89627 [937] and No. 89628 [912], are 
of essentially the same pattern and material, but have rounded hafts. 
No. 89629 |960] and No. 89630 [1068], Figs. 159a, 159b, have blades of the 
same pattern, but have hafts fitted for use with the mouthpiece and 
bow, showing that sometimes, at least in later'times, these tools were so 
used. No. 89625 [1217] (Fig. 160) has no haft, but the blade, which is 
rather narrow in proportion to its length (2:3 inches by 0:5), is fitted 
into a shortferrule of antler, with a little dovetail on the edge for attach- 
ing it to the haft. 
Of awls we saw only one specimen, which, perhaps, ought rather to 
be considered a little hand drill. This is No. 89308 [1292], Fig. 161, 
from Utkiavwin. The point is the tip of a common three-cornered file, 
