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with a skin strap. They undoubtedly belong to the kind of stone- 

 amulets which the Ammassalikers call kalilernerit (or katiternerit). 

 On p. 627 I mentioned such an amulet which had been used by a 

 pregnant ^voman. Another specimen of this kind is seen in the 

 kalilerneq w'hich the sealer Kattuaraée showed me, and which con- 

 sisted of a globular stone, (a rolled stone) found on a black earth- 

 covered ice-floe in the sea; this amulet had been sewn into his kaiak- 

 cover to ward off enemies. 



Fig. 353 shows two old amulets which have been used originally 

 as holders for the kaiak-paddle {nootaakität as also fig. 350 c). Ac- 



a Ъ 



Fig. 354. Tornasiwättiaq demon carved in wood, a front, b back. (Petersen coll.). 'la 



cording to Johan Petersen's inventory (no. 446) the reliefs seen upper- 

 most on fig. a represent a seal, then come an aRRusaq and tornarsik, 

 both sea-spirits who guide the angakoq on his way, but it must 

 be observed that the third figure has only a faint resemblance to 

 the usual shape of tornarsik. Fig. 353 b is said to have been used 

 for the same purpose as a, but has originally been made of the stave 

 of an old water tub. It is ornamented with rows of inserted teeth. 

 The three wood carvings of religious figures seen in figs. 354 — 355 

 (Johan Petersen coll.) have probably not been used as true amulets; 

 like the angakoq bear (fig. 355 a) probably found in a grave, they 

 are old or modern imitations showing us the native artist's con- 

 ception of the auxiliary spirits of the angakut. The shape which he 



