Ethnographical collections from East Greenland. 



605 



fig. 330 are ordinary typical orceetän^). They are also mentioned 

 from Alaska but the shapes are different there ^); from the regions 

 of the Central Eskimo they have not been heard of. 



Bracelets-^) {ciaawtaa, pp. 32—33, fig. 349) are used by Eskimo 

 men as well as women, thus forming an essential part of the in- 

 dividual's dress; they are known from all regions where these people 

 live (see also under amulets). 



Combs {ittaarutin, p. 34). The combs known from Ammassalik are 

 all cut according to the simple square type, flat or slightly curved 

 with flat parallel 

 teeth. Peculiar to 

 the combs in this 

 region is the seal- 

 tail ornament carv- 

 ed on the upper 

 edge of the haft and 

 seen in many other 

 of the utensils of 

 the Ammassalikers 

 (cf. p. 617) but not 

 outside this re- 

 gion*). In shape 

 these combs most- 

 ly resemble those 

 known from the 

 west coast of Hud- 

 son Bay^); they are 

 naturallyalso found 

 in West Greenland, 

 but other shapes are 

 more frequent here, 

 as e. g. combs with long handles sometimes with a head carved 

 at the top, sometimes with longer teeth, which are cylindrical in 

 shape like bodkins ''). The ornamentation on the other hand is of 

 no importance in West Greenland as is the case with the combs 

 further west^). But from East Greenland we have a strangely orna- 



^) The triangular ear pendants are mentioned by Graah (1832) pp. 119 — 120. 



2) Murdoch (1892) p. 142, fig. 90. 



3) Parry (1824) p. 560 calls bracelet seappanga, which is evidently related to the 

 Greenland word. Cf. Lyon (1824) pp. 74 and 110; Nelson (1899) p. 58. 



*) An approximation to this ornament is seen in a comb from the west coast of 

 Hudson Bay illustrated by Boas (1901) fig. 156. 



5) Boas (1901) p. 107. 



6) Pfaff 's coll. (Stockholm Riksmuseum); Kroeber (1899j fig. 37; Greely (1888) PI. II. 

 ^) Parry (1824) fig. 12; Boas (1888) fig. 513, (1901) figs. 103 and 156; Nelson (1899) 



fig. 16; Murdoch (1892) fig. 98. 



Fig. 331. Combs made of bone. (Holm coll.). Ч2. 



