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The length of the sledge model (Fig. 87) 42"5 cm. 

 The breadth (in front) 12-5 cm; (at the back) 12'8cm. The 

 length of the uprights 1 5 cm. 



Museum fur Völkerkunde (inv. IV a 7363), Berlin. 



Fig. 89. Miniature sledge from Ammassalik, typical of the 

 present sledges of the Ammassalik Eskimo, except for the tips 

 of the runners, which as a rule are not bent up as in this toy 

 sledge. The runners diverge from each other downwardly. 

 Both their upper and their lower edges are bevelled, to allow 

 of their lying flat against the cross-pieces of the seat and 

 flat on the ground. The distance between them at their 

 bottom is 6*2 cm in front, 7"7 cm at the back. The cross- 

 pieces are lashed with hide thongs passing through a double 

 row of holes; each cross-tree has at each end four holes. 

 Along the upper part of each runner transverse holes have 

 been bored to receive the lashing of the cross-pieces, two 

 holes for each cross-piece. The corners of the cross-pieces are 

 cut off concavely, so that the narrower end parts with which 

 they rest on the runners are separated from each other by 

 semi- circular notches, which form a bed for the lashings. Like 

 the runners, the uprights also diverge from each other up- 

 wards, the distance between them being 7 cm below and 8 cm 

 above. Their characteristic form is peculiar to the Ammassalik 

 sledges. Each of them is lashed firmly to the runner through 

 two holes. The left one has on the outer side three loops, 

 attached to three pairs of holes in which various hunting 

 weapons are stuck while sledging. In front there is a similar 

 loop in the foremost cross-piece to the left side of the sledge, 

 into which the other end of the long weapons (harpoon and 

 lances) are inserted. — The cross stick between the uprights which 

 supports them above has ornamental notches on the under side. 



Length of the runners 29*2 cm. Height of the runner 

 behind 3*9 cm (a little lower in front). Distance between the 

 runners 6"2 cm in front, 7*7 cm behind. Breadth of the cross- 



