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cylinrirical in form, which without doubt belonged to a chain-like 

 ornament. They are both pierced through. The smaller one 

 particularly is very accurately worked. The mouths of the hole 

 lie somewhat sunk into the concave end surfaces of the bodies, 

 which in form resemble short cylinders, in the larger blade 

 the hole is elliptical in cross section ; that of the smaller one 

 is circular. 



Ryder ^) found a number of similar beads, the forms of 

 which were all through more distinctly cylindrical. 



Inv. Amd. 113 (Fig. 71), from Sabine Island, is a buzz of 

 the ordinary Greenland type, consisting of an elongated flat 

 piece of wood (length 12 cm), flattest in the middle, with slightly 

 convex sides. The edges curve inwardly towards the centre, 



Fig. 71. Buzz made of -wood. Cabine Island. ^U. 



where they are rounded off, whereas those at both ends of 

 the buzz are sharp. The workmanship is rather rough and 

 hasty, without any attempt at polishing. 



In the middle of the object, in the median line, there are 

 two transverse holes, very fine, so that it can be gathered that 

 they were made with a very thin awl. Through these holes a 

 piece of sinew cord must have been drawn in a loop; its two 

 loose ends were then tied together. A sudden tautening of 

 this double line, which causes the piece of wood to hang ver- 

 tically between the lifted hands, sets the implement moving with 

 a short rotatory motion, whereby the lines are made to make 

 a whole or a half turn round themselves, especially if the 

 tautening is immediately slackened off; an immediately repeated 



M Ryder 338. 



