462 



W. Thalbitzer 



Both kinds of plug, of bone and of wood, are known from 



Baffin Land^). Whether the Alaskan Eskimo use them is unknown. 



Towing straps and drag handles (qaqiitisin, ikeen, figs. 162, cf, 



p. 48) to tow the slaughtered seals through the water or to drag 



them over the ice, consist of a pair of bone or 



wooden toggles, connected by a line of sealskin. The 



smaller toggle (the towing piece), which is of bone 



generally and often formed almost like a boot sole 



Fig. 165. Blowing creaser (fig. 163 b, c) or like a seal (fig. 163 rf, e), is 



pipes for sealing stuck into the neck of the seal; the larger toggle or 



bladders. (Am- handle at the other end of the towline, which is a 



drup CO .). crescent-shaped piece of bone or wood (fig. 164) and 



finely ornamented as a rule, is fastened in under a strap on the 



kaiak deck or, if the seal has to be dragged over the ice, held in 



the hand. 



The small bladder float (p. 457) which holds the seal up when 

 being towed after the kaiak is attached to the seal by means of a short 

 thong with a toggle, which is fixed into a cut between the 

 navel and pelvis and also by means of a second attach- 

 ment in the two forepaws which are tied together. 



The East Greenlander tows his seal on a long line, 

 which is toggled in front of the manhole under one of c-- laa 



^^ Fig. 166. 



the middle cross-straps if it is a bearded seal, so that it вопе button 



for attach- 



ment of the 



bladder. Nua- 



lik. (Amdrup 



coll. . 



is towed along the left side of the kaiak, but if it is a 

 crested seal or fjord seal it is towed from a cross-strap 

 aft and follows far behind the kaiak. — The West Green- 

 lander tows his seal close to the manhole on the left 

 side of the kaiak. 



The East Greenlander blows up his seal as much 

 as possible before towing, so that the forepaws stretch 

 out to the sides before being tied together over the 

 breast. Thus, one bladder only is necessary. The 

 West Greenlander does not blow up the seal so much 

 and before he ties the forepaws together he cuts a 

 piece of the breast skin from between the paws; on 

 the other hand, he fixes several towing bladders to 

 the seal. — The East Greenlander even blows up the 

 seal he catches on the ice in winter, so that it may 

 be more easily dragged over the ice the long distance home. 



At the "dead liouse" АпиЬ-п]) found ca. 30 pejJis of the Ivinds menlioncd. 

 or these 'Л were whole teeth of the bear 8 to 9 cm. in lenf^th (li^?. ЮЗа), bored 

 Ihrfjiiüh bv a curving hole from the middle to the one end-surface. Of the 



p-ig. 167. Wooden 

 patch for the blad- 

 der. Nualik. (Am- 

 drup coll. . 



'J lioas 1888) pp. 17'.) 

 (1824) p. .")l(i. 



ISO. ligs. 100 402, and (1901 p. 'Jl, figs. Г 



18. 



Parrv 



