378 ‘THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
The same is true of No. 89722 [1087] (Fig. 376, from Utkiavwin) which 
is what American boys would call a “buzz” toy. It is of pine wood, 
and through two round holes in the middle are passed the ends of a 
piece of stout sinew braid, which are 
knotted together. When the board is 
placed in the middle of the string it can 
be made to spin round and whiz by alter- 
nately pulling and relaxing the ends of 
the string. The board is rather elabor- 
ately painted. One end has a border of 
black lead on both faces, the other a 
similar border of red paint, which ap- 
pears to be red lead. Broad red bands 
form a square 1 inch across around the 
holes, with lines radiating from each cor- 
J ner to the corners of the board, on both 
Tae ave sor Sate faces. On the spaces between these lines 
are figures rudely drawn with black lead. 
On one face, in the first space, is a goose; in the second, a man with a 
staff; in the third, the conventional figure of a whale’s tail; and in the 
fourth, a whale with line and float attached to him, pursued by a whal- 
ing umiak. On the other side, the first space contains a dog or wolf 
walking; the second, two of these animals, sitting on their haunches, 
facing each other; the third, another walking; and the fourth, a rein- 
deer in the same attitude. 
Fic. 376.—Buzz toy. 
Fig. 377 (No. 89800 [1531] from Utkiaywin),on the other hand, is a 
toy which the children often play with. It is the well known “ whiz- 
zing-stick” found among savages in so many widely distant parts of 
the world, and often used in religious ceremonies. The Eskimo name is 
imigluta. It consists of a thin board of pine wood, fastened by a string 
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