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from the mouth, but the foxskin is cut round at the anus and 



turned inside out from there). Before the skin is turned back to 



the natural position the internal peg for the thong which holds 



the bladder through the mouth, is placed in posi- 

 tion. The anus and openings of the hind-paws 



are closed by lacing them up with sinew threads 



[aarcarnera, aarcernera). The hole through which 



the bladder is blown up (poorsarpia) lies on the 



right side, a little behind the fore paw; this is 



the case in East Greenland. In West Greenland 



the hole goes through the point of the paw itself. 



The bladder is blown up by means of a short bone 



pipe with a groove round its head (fig. 165), over 



which the edge of the hole is firmly tied. When 



the bladder is blown up with air, the outer open- 

 ing of the pipe is closed by a wooden plug. 



Round flat discs of wood or bone are used to 



patch up the wounds in the skin produced in 



harpooning the animal (fig. 167). 



There is some difference (according to Johan 



Petersen) in the forms of the single bladder in der (?). (Holm coll.). ^/з. 



the different parts of Greenland where the kaiak ^ f«f a bladder dart. 



harpoons are used (at Smith Sound this implement ' " 'J" '^"^ ^° 



is of recent date). In North-west Greenland the 



bladder is made elongated when blown up; in Central and South 



Greenland it has an intermediate form; the Ammassalikers have a 



very round and doubled-up form, chiefly produced by means of a 



short thong sewn in at two 

 points between the neck and 

 the hind paws, so that it forces 

 or draws the front and hind 



Fig. 155. 

 Bladder fasteners and 

 blowing pipes (bone). 

 a for a toлving blad- 



Fig. 15(). Bladder fasteners (of wood) for sealskin floats, a for single lloat. 

 b Un- double float. Niialik. (Amdrup coll.). Чя. 



