AMULETS. 44] 
not likely that the use of these is confined to the women, as his words, 
“Ellesy portent,” would seemtoimply. Among the sedentary Chukches 
of Siberia amulets were seen consisting of wooden forks and wood or ivory 
carvings.’ A wolf’sskull, hung up by athong; theskin, together with the 
whole cartilaginous portion of a wolf’s nose, and a flat stone, are also men- 
tioned.” Capt. Holm also found wonderfully similar customs among 
the East Greenlanders. He says,* “bere alle Folk Amuletter af de 
mest forskjelligartede Ting” to guard against sickness and to insure 
long life, and also for specific purposes. The men wear them slung 
round the neck or tied round the upper arm, the women in their knot 
of hair or “i Snippen foran paa Pelsen.” 
'Nordenskiéld, Vega, vol. 2, p. 126. 
2 Vega, vol. 1, p. 503. 
3Geografisk Tidskrift, vol. 8, p. 94. 
