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itself and nailed together so as to hold fast round a flange on the 

 oval-shaped bottom; further the bottom part is fastened by wooden 

 pegs to the lower end of the hoop. The handle which is broader 

 towards the holder is forked, so that it grips the latter up and down 

 along the line of meeting and is fastened to the wall of the dipper 

 with wooden nails. 



Fig. 265 shows two spoons made of the scapulae of bears, used 

 both for ladling meat (soup) out of the pot, and pouring blubber 

 onto the lamp^). This kind of bone-spoon is common at Ammas- 

 salik. 



Figs. 268 and 269 show respectively an oil-dipper and a soup- 

 dipper from the "dead house," according to Amdrup who got them 

 determined by the Ammassalikers themselves. 



Fig. 271 shows various ladles and dippers all made of wood in 

 one piece, a, c, d and e have pieces of bone mounting inlaid and 

 nailed on the edges with pegs in order to prevent them from fraying. 



Fig. 272a and b are fish-slices, flat or slightly curved scoops 

 of wood with one or three holes in the middle of the blade for the 

 water to run through. They are mostly used for taking boiled cap- 

 lins, sea-scorpions or salmon out of the pot (cf. p. 61). 



Fig. 273 represents a bottle made of a hollow piece of wood, 

 closed firmly at the one end by a wooden bottom. Besides the 

 drinking hole at the top of the neck there is a hole in the middle 

 of the side so that it can be half filled without being put quite 

 down into the water. This is very practical as the water-vessel is 

 not always quite filled and it may be difficult owing to the melting 

 pieces of ice in it to let down the scoop or the bottle deep enough. 

 In Johan Petersen's collection there were also a few water-scoops and 

 mugs of the same peculiar forms (Mikeeki's water-scoop etc., nos. 213 

 — 216). These objects (the wooden bottle etc.) show us some recent 

 examples of the Ammassalikers' skill in converting pieces of inaterial 

 of different shapes — here a round piece of wood — into useful ob- 

 jects which are not typical, rather quite unique, but may however 

 serve for practical purposes. 



Fig. 274 (cf. p. 39) shows a drinking-pipe of wood carved with 

 ornamental rings and with a mouth-piece of ivory at each end for 

 sucking water out of the water-bucket. 



Fig. 275 a is a drinking-cup made of bamboo-rod (drifted on land, 

 see p. 333); it is provided with a strap for carrying purposes with 



') One of the spoons described (a) has probably served for the same purpose as 

 the one from Baffin Land described b^' Kumlien: "I found among some of these 

 people a little spoon, or rather a miniature scoop, made of ivory, which they 

 used to drink soup with." Kumlien (1879) p. 21. 



