1886.] Resemblances in Arts widely separated. 251 
ous coil of grass or splint, making a diagonal stitch in the front 
and a vertical stitch in the rear. Now this process is common 
enough in wattling fences, fish traps, etc., but only in these two 
areas did men and women hit upon the notion that this stitch 
would make the most beautiful and effective close weaving. 
Wherein is the similarity in the two areas? The two forms. of 
weaving stand thus: Alike in method or technique ; different in 
agent (women at Cape. Flattery, men on the Congo), in form, ma- 
terial and function. ; 
The throwing-stick is a device for launching a dart or harpoon 
too heavy for a bow or in situations where a bow would be incon- 
venient. The Australians have no bows; the Eskimo uses his 
throwing-stick in the kyak, where a bow would be inconvenient, 
furthermore his missiles are far too heavy for a bow. Wherein 
do these inventions resemble? In agent, material, form and func- 
tion; but not perfectly. In form they agree only in the funda- 
mental invention, a handle and a peg or hook to catch the end of 
the dart or harpoon. The Australian and the Puru Puru stranded 
on this, their minds never conceived that it could be altered or 
improved. The Eskimo, on the other hand, has developed a 
dozen species of throwing sticks, so distinct that they can be 
separated by types, as follows: 
The Greenland type...... Hooks on the harpoon shaft, 
The Ungava type Fiddle head at the hook. 
The Baffin WP we bea Broad and clumsy for bird spear. 
The Anderson river type. .Exceedingly primitive, all in one piece. 
The Pt. Barrow tpt: ssie Amphora-shaped 
The Asiatic type......... Primeval in form 
The Kotzebue type.......Razor-strap form, central index cavity. 
The Cape Nome type..... Pegged on the side, rude. 
The Norton sound type...Climax of detail. 
The Nunivak type..... .. Finger pegs replace cavities. 
The Bristol (variety) ..... A variety of Nunivah, but ruder. 
The Aleut type.......... Flat and wanting in detail. 
The Sitkan type ........,Elaborately carved. 
These types are explained and illustrated in a paper about to 
. appear in the first annual report of the National Museum. : 
If any one, therefore, questioned the relationship of the peo- 
ples now using this weapon, he would be allowed to compare 
only that of the Asiatic Eskimo, with that of the Australians. If 
he would A i the genealogies of causes which had led up to 
the simpler forms in the two regions, there would be no ground 
left for him to stand upon, and the case of independent invention 
would be clearly made out. o 
