314 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
quently is not flat, but strongly convex, on one face and correspondingly 
concave on the other. It is 8:2 inches long and 14 wide. 
For making the seal nets a very large needle is used. The one in the 
collection, No. 56581 [102], Fig. 318, from Utkiavwin, is 205 inches long 
and only 1§ wide. It is made of two nearly equal pieces of antler, which 
are nearly flat, and lap over each other about 32 inches near the middle. 
Fic. $18.—Netting needle for seal net. 
They are strongly fastened together by five whalebone stitches, one at 
each corner of the splice and one in the middle. The corner stitches run 
round the edge of the two parts, and through a hole through both parts. 
The prongs are stout and curved, nearly meeting at the tips. They are 
about 5 inches long. The lateral distortion appears to be due to warping. 
Fic. 319,—Netting needle. 
A peculiar netting needle is shown in Fig. 319 (No. 89429 [1333], from 
Utkiavwin), which is new and rather carelessly made from very coarse 
valrus ivory. The tips of the prongs, after nearly meeting, diverge 
again in the form of the letter U. This needle, which is 95 inches long, 
was said by the maker to be of the pattern used by the “ Ktnimaé/dlin.” 
Fic, 320. —Mesh sticks. 
There are no specimens resembling it in the museum collections, though 
it curiously suggests certain implements from Norton Sound, labeled 
“reels for holding fine cord,” consisting of slender rods of antler, termi- 
nating at each end in similar shallow U-shaped forks. 
