BEPOBT OF DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOLOGY. Ill 



as profitable manner as possible the tine value of the yeafs collection, 

 and also to bring before the mind of the Director the great gaps thai 



Lave been left, a beginning is here made of the kind of report hinted at 



above. 

 The geographical concept ia here made prominent, because it brings 



lis into immediate relations with the collectors. Following this, classes 

 of objects, with their functions, receive attention, especial care being 

 taken to distinguish the relation of form, &e., to tribe, environment, and 

 material. 



ESKIMO OF GREENLAND. 



Disco Island. — Plate of w bale's vertebra and bone implement found on 

 Disco Island by the Greely Belief Expedition. 5 pieces. 



Holsteinberg. — A kyak with accoutermenta complete, consisting of 



the typical Greenland skin kyak, line-rack, harpoon, harpoon line, and 

 throwing stick (the latter having two perforations to fit in ivory books 

 in the shafts of the harpoon), seal-skin float, double paddle strengthened 

 with plates ol" ivory, short lance, halibut lance, fair-weather jacket — 

 which is simply a broad cincture of dressed seal-skin fastened arouud 

 the hole at the top of the kyak and under the arm-pits of the navi- 

 gator, to keep the spray from entering the boat, and water-proof jacket 

 of seal-skin worn during rough weather. 



ESKIMO OF POINT BARROW. 



One of the most valuable collections in the National Museum is that 

 which was deposited daring the last year by Lieut. P. H. Kay. Inas- 

 much as an exhaustive report of this collection is now being prepared 

 by Mr. John Mnrdock, only a brief mention of the various classes of 

 objects will be made here. 



Adzes with stone and iron blades 21 



Boat models and parts of boats 9 



Wooden boxes and skin bags with carved ivory handles, for tackle and implements. 17 



Ivory Itox handles 25 



Stone and ivory carvings 60 



Charms used to give success in hunting 18 



Combs for straightening the hair on deer-skin 7 



Toilet combs 3 



Food tray6, cooking pots, &c 28 



Bone daggers 2 



Dolls, and other amusements for children 12 



Articles of dress 38 



Implements and weapons connected with hunting and fishing 168 



Harpoons — one of which Mr. Murdock calls a "retrieving harpoon," consisting 



of an ice-pick, shaft, fore-shaft, loose shaft, and point, all fastened together. 



The liue is held in the hand when the whole weapon is launched. 

 Mr. Mnrdock distinguishes three types of the lance — the slender deer lance, the 



medium bear lance, and the broad, clumsy whale lance — none of them barbed. 



Musical instruments, drama and whistles 11 



Stone lamps € 



