728 W. Thalbitzer 



yond the Eskimo territories to the west, but my task here is in the 

 main simply to throw light on ,the position of the Ammassalikers 

 in ethnographical regards. — 



As a contrast to these common Greenlandic features it may be 

 of use to consider the provincialisms of the Ammassalik district. 

 These are on the one hand certain kinds of implements which are 

 only found here, on the other peculiar forms and details of other- 

 wise common types of implements. I may mention the principal 

 here in the ordinary systematic order: (1) the broad uprights of the 

 sledges and the narrow seat with closely placed cross-benches, (2) 

 the lash of the dog-whip fastened on the side of the shaft and fitted 

 Avith large ivory-beads strung over the beginning of the lash near to 

 the handle, with the object of weighting the lash, (3) the handle it- 

 self with a pointed tooth uppermost and a pick-axe below, (4) boat 

 hooks ("umiak cleaners"), (5) the cross-shaped kaiak stand, (6) the 

 lance slung with the throwing stick, (7) the method of throwing the 

 feather harpoon by means of a spur (hook) on the hind end of the 

 throwing stick, (8) the hinged toggle head on the ice-sealing har- 

 poon, (9) a pair of hinged toggle heads on the salmon spear, (10) 

 wound trimmers to stop up the intestines in the killed seals, (11) 

 double bladder floats, (12) wooden decoy whistles for ptarmigan, 



(13) men's finger and knee protectors for carving or cutting work, 



(14) thong smoothers, (15) narrow three-corded drying frames for thongs 

 and sealing lines, (16) old-fashioned men's knives, (17) women's ulos 

 (crescentic blade with two-armed handle), (18) seal-shaped twisting 

 implements and sinew-guards, (19) triangular needle skins to hold 

 the iron sewing needles, (20) bone needles for the perforation of 

 caplins when stringing them, (21) sucking tubes of wood, separate or 

 bored lengthways in one of the staves of the water-tub, (22) bags 

 sewn together of the heads of dried caplins, (23) the skin caps of 

 the men, (24) sewn embroidery on skin bags, boots etc., white streaks 

 on a black ground (not coloured), (25) ivory relief work nailed on 

 wood (on eye-shades etc.), (26) ivory pendants as ornaments on needle 

 skins etc., shaped like a man or seal, (27) seal-tail ornaments on drag- 

 line toggles, on eyelets for the cross-straps on kaiak deck, on combs, 

 drying frames etc., (28) several other ornamental carvings, e. g. the 

 serrated edges of buckles for the kaiak dress (p. 625), (29) the dot 

 ornamentation on ivory implements, (30) several other designs in 

 embroidery on skin, (31) the men's halter-like hairbands, (32) their 

 harness-like amulet-straps, (33) the masks, (34) the large idol-like 

 dolls, (35) the angakoq's rapping stick and skin-flapper, (36) spindle 

 buzzes and mill-wing buzzes, (37) the toy with the nodding birds, 

 (38) the toy with two or four movable beads, (39) the boys' slings. 



