Ethnographical collections from East Greenland. 



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onto their backs by a long line. As to the ornamental dots, these 

 have already been mentioned on p. 621. 



The six small ivory animals (bird, seal, whale, walrus, bear and 

 a sealing -bladder) found by Amdrup near Cape Tobin ^) were all 



a 





Fig. 372. Animals carved in wood. (Holm coll.). a — d ^/s, e ^/з. 



a Ъ 



Fig. 373. Two birds pecking food. (Holm coll.). Ч4. 





Fig. 374. Seals and a narwhal carved in ivory. (Holm coll.). a — Ъ ^1з, c—e Ч3. 



provided with a hole, probably intended for a sinew-thread so that 

 they could be used as pendants. 



All these animal carvings from the east coast of Greenland are 

 very uniform in appearance; their style gives evidence of the same 



1) Amdrup coll. nos. 90—95; Thalbitzer (1910) pp. 478—480, figs. 58—60. 



