CONTENTS 



Page 



Editor's Preface I 



I. ETHNOLOGICAL SKETCH OF THE ANGMAGSALIK ESKIMO, 



BY G. HOLM 1 



Preface 3 



I. Narrative of the voyage 5 



Meeting with tbe natives of Angmagsalik 7 



Wintering at Angmagsalik 8 



Returning south 13 



Results of the expedition 14 



П. Climate and surroundings 16 



The drift ice and the sea 20 



The country 22 



Plants 22 



Animals 23 



III. Material culture 25 



Name of the tribe 25 



Distribution 26 



Physical characteristics 27 



Language 28 



Tattooing 28 



Clothing. Men's dress 29 



Women's dress 32 



Children's dress 34 



Dress making and skin dressing 34 



Dwellings 35 



Furnishing and implements 38 



Fire-making 41 



Stone settings 41 



Tents 42 



Boats 42 



Sledges 44 



Kaiaks 45 



Hunting weapons and kaiak implements 46 



Seal hunting from kaiak 48 



Customs connected with hunting 48 



Hunting on the ice 50 



Knives 51 



Nets 51 



