MURDOCH. } COMBS FOR DEERSKINS. 301 
sixteen teeth about 1 inch long. The small holes near the other end 
are for a lanyard to hang it up by. 
Fia. 301.—Combs for cleaning deerskins. 
Six of these combs have teeth at one end only, the other three at both 
ends. These teeth are generally about fifteen in number, and 1 inch or 
a little over long. No. 89781 [1005], a very small comb only 2-9 inches 
long, which belonged to the “inland” native [libw’ga, has twenty teeth 
0-6 inch long. These combs are usually about 4 or 44inches long. No. 
89556 [1017], Fig. 301), from Utkiavywin is an unusually long comb, 5:3 
inches long, which is peculiar in being solid except at the end which is 
cut into teeth. 
Fig. 301¢ (No. 89359 [993]), from Utkiavwin is a double-ended comb, 
having ten teeth on one end and thirteen on the other. It is 4:1 inches 
long and made with considerable care, being ornamented with incised 
rings colored with red ocher. This is a common implement at Point 
Barrow, but seems unusual elsewhere. There is a single specimen from 
the Diomedes in Mr. Nelson’s collection. 
MANUFACTURE OF LINES OF THONG. 
No tools are used for this purpose except a knife. I have seen a 
small jackknife used for cutting the fine seal skin lines. The workman 
takes a wet skin from which the hair and epidermis have been removed 
and sits down cross-legged on the ground with somebody else to hold 
the skin stretched for him. Then holding the knife vertically up with 
the edge away from him, he starts at one corner of the skin and cuts 
a narrow strip in one continuous piece, going round and round the 
