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gether the hood is kept tight round the face so that no water can 

 penetrate through it (p. 30). 



Fig. 338 is a rare object and I have seen no other specimen 

 like it in the collections from Ammassalik. It resembles the bone- 

 handle of a game-bag I have seen from southern West Greenland^) 

 and which is in agreement with similar handles from Alaska (bucket, 



box and bag handles) ^) and 

 from the north-western part 

 of Hudson Bay, where they 

 are said to have been used as 

 quiver handles^). This opens 

 up the possibility that we have 

 to do here with an old bag or 

 quiver handle, if so, this is the 

 only relict found as yet at Am- 

 massalik of the former use of 

 bows and arrows. 



Fig. 339 shows two small 

 bone -buttons, cylindrical in 

 transverse section and provided 

 with a groove for the line and 



a 



Fig. 340. Buckles for kaiak skirt. Nualik. 



(Amdrup coll.). 



be d^ d^ e 



Fig. 341. Buttons for kaiak dress. Nualik. (Amdrup coll.). 



with a short, curved hole opening at the base and ending upwards 

 on the side in a countersinking. On p. 443 I have mentioned them 

 as belonging to the attaching strap of the throwing stick, by means 

 of which the throwing stick when not in use is made fast on one 

 side of the kaiak deck. But they are also found on other objects 

 as buttons on the end of straps or laces. 



M Inv. Hoist in Stockholm Riksmuseum; several specimens of the same kind are 



found in Pfaff's collection from North Greenland. 

 ~) Nelson (1899) PI. XLlll; Murdoch (1892) p. 190. 

 2) Boas (1907) p. 420, fig. 219. 



