258 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
neatly carved mittens, respectively 1-°9 and 1:8 inches long, put together 
wrist to wrist with the palms up; and lying across the joint above, a 
little seal 14 inches long, belly down. <A hole runs through each wrist 
and through the belly of the seal. The mittens are ornamented on the 
back with a blackened incised pattern, and the seal has blue glass beads 
for eyes and blackened incised spots on the back. The longer end of 
the thong runs up through the right mitten, across through the seal, 
and down through the left mitten. It is then passed through a slit 1 
inch from the end of the shorter part and slit itself. Through this slit 
is passed the bight of the thong, all drawn up taut and seized with 
sinew braid. 
No. 89467 [755], from Utkiavwin, is a similar drag, put together in 
much the same way, but it has the mittens doweled together with two 
wooden pins, and a seal’s head with round bits of wood inlaid for eyes, 
ears, and nostrils, in place of the seal. The longitudinal perforation in 
this head shows that it was originally strung lengthwise on one of these 
lines. The “double slit splice” of the two ends of the thong is worked 
into a complicated round knot, between which and the handle the two 
parts of the line are confined by a tube of ivory 1 inch long, ornamented 
with deeply incised patterns. Fig. 257) is the upper part of a line (No. 
56622 [36], from Utkiavwin), with a similar tube 13 inches long, and a 
handle carved from a single piece into a pair of mittens like the others. 
No. 56625 [81], also from Utkiavwin, is almost exactly similar to the 
one first described, but has the seal belly up. Fig. 257¢ (No. 89470 
[1337], from the same village) has a seal 2-3 inches long for the handle, 
and No, 56626 [212], from Utkiavwin, is like it. No. 894694 [755a] Fig. 
257d, from Utkiavwin, has for a handle the head of a bearded seal 1-6 
inches long, neatly carved from walrus ivory, with round bits of wood 
inlaid for the eyes and ears. It is perforated longitudinally from the 
chin to the back of the head, and a large hole at the throat opens into 
this. The longer end of the thong is passed in at the chin and out at 
the back of the head; the shorter, in at the back of the head and out at 
the throat; the two ends brought together between the standing parts 
and all stopped together with sinew braid. : 
No. 56627 [45], Fig. 257e, has a handle made of two ivory bears’ heads, 
very neatly carved, with circular bits of wood inlaid for eyes, and per- 
forated like the seal’s head just described. The thong is doubled in the 
middle and each end passed through one of the heads lengthwise, so as 
to protrude about 7 inches. About 4 inches of end is then doubled 
over, thrust through the throat hole of the opposite head, and brought 
down along the standing parts. All the parts are stopped together 
with sinew braid. This makes a small becket above the handle. 
We collected seven knobs for these drag lines, of which six are seals’ 
heads and one a bear’s. They are all made of walrus ivory, apparently 
each a single tooth, and not a piece of tusk, and are about 14 inches to 
2 inches long. They are generally carved with considerable skill, and 
