410 W. Thalbitzer 



the lance (figs. 106 and 107) has a loose shaft, a flexible bone-rod for 

 its head (unbarbed and without any detachable toggle head) and it is 

 thus stamped as a contrivance, which is not thrown to 

 kill, but mainly to prevent the animal from escaping, 

 by wounding and stunning it. 



The kaiak harpoons. — Technical names (at Am- 

 massalik): çaarqin knob harpoon; innarnaq feather har- 

 poon; sawikättaa its loose head, toggle head with inserted 

 blade; ulunnaq (plur. ulurnäty) toggle head of bone all 

 in one piece without inserted blade; ulua its (the head's) 

 inserted blade or point of stone, bone or iron; akiän 

 lateral barbs; ummia front (upper) portion of the bone 

 head or toggle (in which the blade is inserted in a 

 groove); qipia hind (nether) portion of the head; putua, 

 Fig. 10/. Loose piifinQ^k ц^^ jj^g hole; seetoraia or kiaawia the shaft 

 «haft (bone) of , ^ , ^ ,^ •7.1, , , , / 



a lance (Holm ^^cket (properly 'anus); pamiaa'' the basal barbs (prop- 

 coll.). Чб. erly 'tail'); eema its (the harpoon's) loose shaft, or the 

 bone joint between head and foreshaft; sawatarpia fore- 

 shaft, bone cap on end of the wooden shaft; säiiutaa, 

 tättulaa short double straps connecting the loose shaft 

 with the wooden shaft; attiwa the part of the wooden 

 shaft between [the throwing stick and the foreshaft (liter- 

 ally 'its nether part'); pak^kaa the part of the wooden 

 shaft between the throwing stick and the bone end 

 (knob); ajätcisaa throwing stick; aa^taakilaa, aataakitaa 

 the foremost bone peg on the shaft side for attaching 

 the throwing stick; napaa^'V'^aa the hindmost bone peg 

 on the shaft for the throwing stick; isoqutaa bone 

 knob (weight) on the basal shaft end of knob harpoon; 

 noorqutaa peg (tenon) on the basal surface of the knob ; 

 sutootaa(kJ (two) bone feather(s) on the basal end of 

 feather harpoon shaft; atcinaaq, atcirv^aataa harpoon 

 line; sawippia lateral peg on shaft side for the attach- 

 ment of the harpoon line; talippia bone clasp on the J"' ' ^ ^^jl" 

 harpoon line for this attachment. ers for the bas- 



The Greenland harpoon heads are in principle toggle alendofahar- 

 harpoons. But although the Greenland harpoon heads l'°°" shaft. 

 are always shaped like toggles and placed on the end o"^^° • •" 

 of the shaft, yet in addition they are always provided with barbs, 

 not only at the base but as a rule also higher up. O. Mason's 



') The old Akernilik called these bone toggles without inserted blade aqaluittä 

 and the fore portion (the blade portion of the toggle) ulunnaq (or ulunncr]. 



