Ethnographical collections from East Greenland. 



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one runs against the wind with it; Ь is an ordinary buzz hanging 



in a closed noose going through the two holes near its middle and 



by means of which it is set rotating backwards and forwards while 



the noose is alternately tightened and loosened by the hands; it gives 



a humming noise when the 



buzzing is at its greatest; с 



is an ordinary bull-roarer, 



the lancet-shaped wooden 



leaf of which is fastened by 



a short string to a short " 



stick, on which it is whirled 



round so quickly that it gives 



a whizzing or roaring sound. 



Ъ с 



Fig. 376. a and b Buzzes; с bull-roarer. (Holm coll.). a Ms, b—c ^U. 



At Ammassalik the buzz a is called aniijaa'^saät, b imititaa'^^lin. 

 As the first name must have been derived from aniijaawt i. e. 'moon' 

 according to a word not used near Ammassalik, we may perhaps 

 draw the conclusion that it has been introduced together with this 

 toy from West Greenland. The word for the buzz in fig. b is on 

 the other hand probably idiomatic near Ammassalik; it is open 

 to two interpretations, both agreeing with the toy (from imip- 



