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are practised by the Eskimo in the other Arctic highlands, in 

 North West Greenland, and at Point Barrow. — As for the other 

 heads of the collection, it is, of course, hazardous to make any 

 categorical assertion as to the function of each singly — beyond 

 the general remark that they must have been used for hunting 

 the different kinds of seals; but the circumstance that some of 

 the North East Greenland heads resemble very closely the 

 whaling and walrusing harpoon heads known from other places, 

 seems to indicate that they must have been used in hunting 

 whales and walruses, or at any rate that they were used in 

 hunting these large marine mammals besides in hunting seals. 

 A similar conclusion must probably be drawn with regard to 

 those of the West Greenland harpoon heads which belong to 

 this type, e. g., the greater part of inv. Pfaff 1 — 32^). 



In other words, the typological variation of the heads must 

 not be judged merely from the point of view of form, but also 

 with reference to their function. 



Ч Swenander PI. I. 



