[CONTENTS.]

Page.
First Segment
[Introduction]19
[List of works consulted]20
[Situation and surroundings]26
[Climate]30
[People]33
[Physical characteristics]33
[Pathology]39
[Psychical characteristics]40
[Tribal phenomena]42
[Social surroundings]43
[Contact with uncivilized people]43
[Other Eskimo]43
[Indians]49
[Contact with civilized people]51
[Natural resources]55
[Animals]55
[Mammals]55
[Birds]56
[Fishes]58
[Insects and other invertebrates]59
[Plants]59
[Minerals]60
[Culture]61
[Means of subsistence]61
[Food]61
[Substances used for food]61
[Means of preparing food]63
[Time and frequency of eating]63
[Drinks]64
[Narcotics]65
[Habitations]72
[The winter house]72
[Arrangement in villages]79
[Snow houses]81
[Tents]83
[Household utensils]86
[For holding and carrying food, water, etc]86
[Canteens]86
[Wallets, etc]86
[Buckets and tubs]86
[Meat bowls]89
[For preparing food]90
[Pots of stone and other materials]90
[Bone crushers]93
[For serving and eating food]99
[Trays]99
[Drinking vessels]101
[Whalebone cups]101
[Spoons and ladles]104
[Miscellaneous household utensils]105
[Lamps]105
[Clothing]109
[Material]109
[Style of dress]110
[Head clothing]112
[Frocks]113
[Mantles]121
[Rainfrocks]122
[Arm clothing]123
[Mittens]123
[Gloves]124
[Leg and foot clothing]125
[Breeches]125
[Pantaloons]126
[Stockings]129
[Boots and shoes]129
[Parts of dress]135
[Belts]135
[Ornaments]138
[Personal adornment]138
[Skin ornamentation]138
[Tattooing]138
[Painting]140
[Head ornaments]140
[Method of wearing the hair]140
[Head bands]142
[Ear rings]142
[Labrets]143
[Neck ornaments]148
[Ornaments of the limbs]148
[Bracelets]148
[Finger rings]149
[Miscellaneous ornaments]149
[Beads]149
[Toilet articles]149
Second Segment
[Implements of general use, etc]150
[Tools]150
[Knives]150
[Adzes]165
[Chisels]172
[Whalebone shaves]173
[Saws]174
[Drills and borers]175
[Hammers]182
[Files]182
[Whetstones]183
[Tool boxes and bags]185
[Weapons]191
[Projectile weapons]193
[Firearms]193
[Whaling guns]195
[Bows]195
[Arrows]201
[Bear arrows]202
[Bow cases and quivers]207
[Bracers]209
[Bird darts]210
[Seal darts]214
[Harpoons]218
[Thrusting weapons]233
[Harpoons]233
[Lances]240
[Throwing weapons]244
[Hunting implements other than weapons]246
[Floats]246
[Flipper toggles]247
[Harpoon boxes]247
[Nets]251
[Seal calls]253
[Seal rattles]254
[Seal indicators]254
[Sealing stools]255
[Seal drags]256
[Whalebone wolf-killers]259
[Traps]260
[Snow-goggles]260
[Meat cache markers]262
[Methods of hunting]263
[The polar bear]263
[The wolf]263
[The fox]264
[The reindeer]264
[The seal]268
[The walrus]272
[The whale]272
[Fowl]276
[Implements for fishing]278
[Hooks and lines]278
[Nets]284
[Spears]286
[Flint working]287
[Fire making]289
[Drills]289
[Flint and steel]291
[Kindlings]291
[Bow and arrow making]291
[The marline spike]291
[The twisters]292
[The feather setter]294
Third Segment
[Skin working]294
[Scrapers]294
[Scraper cups]299
[Combs for deer skins]300
[Manufacture of lines of thong]301
[Builders’ tools]302
[For excavating]302
[Tools for snow and ice working]304
[Snow knives]304
[Snow shovels]305
[Ice picks]307
[Ice scoops]308
[Implements for procuring and preparing food]310
[Blubber hooks]310
[Fish scaler]311
[Making and working fiber]311
[Twisting and braiding]311
[Netting]312
[Netting weights]315
[Weaving]316
[Sewing]317
[Means of locomotion and transportation]328
[Traveling by water]328
[Kaiaks and paddles]328
[Umiaks and fittings]335
[Traveling on foot]344
[Snowshoes]344
[Staff]352
[Land conveyances]353
[Sledges]353
[Dogs and harness]357
[Hunting scores]360
[Games and pastimes]364
[Gambling]364
[Festivals]365
[Mechanical contrivances]372
[Description of festivals]373
[Toys and sports for children and others]376
[Playthings]376
[Dolls]380
[Juvenile implements]383
[Games and sports]383
[Music]385
[Musical instruments]385
[Character and frequency of music]388
[Art]389
[Domestic life]410
[Marriage]410
[Standing and treatment of women]413
[Children]414
[Rights and wrongs]419
[Social life and customs]420
[Personal habits and cleanliness]420
[Salutation]422
[Healing]422
[Customs concerning the dead]423
[Abstentions]423
[Manner of disposing of the dead]424
[Government]427
[In the family]427
[In the village]427
[Religion]430
[General ideas]430
[Amulets]434

[ILLUSTRATIONS.]

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Page.
[Pl. I.]Map of Northwestern Alaska2
[II.]Map of the hunting grounds of the Point Barrow Eskimo18
[Fig. 1.]Unalina, a man of Nuwŭk34
[2.]Mûmûñina, a woman of Nuwŭk35
[3.]Akabiana, a youth of Utkiavwiñ36
[4.]Puka, a young man of Utkiavwiñ37
[5.]Woman stretching skins38
[6.]Pipes: (a) pipe with metal bowl; (b) pipe with stone bowl; (c) pipe with bowl of antler or ivory67
[7.]Pipe made of willow stick68
[8.]Tobacco pouches69
[9.]Plans of Eskimo winter house72
[10.]Interior of iglu, looking toward door73
[11.]Interior of iglu, looking toward bench74
[12.]House in Utkiavwiñ76
[13.]Ground plan and section of winter house in Mackenzie region77
[14.]Ground plan of large snow house82
[15.]Tent on the beach at Utkiavwiñ85
[16.]Wooden bucket86
[17.]Large tub87
[18.]Whalebone dish88
[19.]Meat-bowl89
[20.]Stone pot90
[21.]Small stone pot91
[22.]Fragments of pottery92
[23.]Stone maul94
[24.]Stone maul94
[25.]Stone maul95
[26.]Stone maul95
[27.]Stone maul96
[28.]Stone maul96
[29.]Bone maul97
[30.]Bone maul97
[31.]Bone maul98
[32.]Bone maul98
[33.]Meat-dish99
[34.]Oblong meat-dish100
[35.]Oblong meat-dish, very old100
[36.]Fish dish100
[37.]Whalebone cup101
[38.]Horn dipper101
[39.]Horn dipper102
[40.]Dipper of fossil ivory103
[41.]Dipper of fossil ivory103
[42.]Wooden spoon104
[43.]Horn ladle104
[44.]Bone ladle104
[45.]Bone ladle in the form of a whale105
[46.]Bone ladle105
[47.]Stone house-lamp106
[48.]Sandstone lamp107
[49.]Traveling lamp108
[50.]Socket for blubber holder108
[51.]Man in ordinary deerskin clothes110
[52.]Woman’s hood111
[53.]Man’s frock113
[54.]Pattern of man’s deerskin frock113
[55.]Detail of trimming, skirt and shoulder of man’s frock114
[56.]Man wearing plain, heavy frock114
[57.]Man’s frock of mountain sheepskin, front and back115
[58.]Man’s frock of ermine skins116
[59.]Pattern of sheepskin frock117
[60.]Pattern of ermine frock117
[61.]Woman’s frock, front and back118
[62.]Pattern of woman’s frock119
[63.]Detail of edging, woman’s frock119
[64.]Details of trimming, woman’s frock119
[65.]Man’s cloak of deerskin121
[66.]Pattern of man’s cloak121
[67.]Deerskin mittens123
[68.]Deerskin gloves124
[69.]Man’s breeches of deerskin125
[70.]Pattern of man’s breeches126
[71.]Trimming of man’s breeches126
[72.]Woman’s pantaloons127
[73.]Patterns of woman’s pantaloons128
[74.]Pattern of stocking129
[75.]Man’s boot of deerskin131
[76.]Pattern of deerskin boot131
[77.]Man’s dress boot of deerskin132
[78.]Pattern of man’s dress boot of deerskin132
[79.]Man’s dress boot of skin of mountain sheep133
[80.]Pair of man’s dress boots of deerskin134
[81.]Woman’s waterproof sealskin boot135
[82.]Sketch of “ice-creepers” on boot sole135
[83.]Man’s belt woven of feathers136
[84.]Diagram showing method of fastening the ends of feathers in belt137
[85.]Woman’s belt of wolverine toes137
[86.]Belt-fastener138
[87.]Man with tattooed cheeks139
[88.]Woman with ordinary tattooing140
[89.]Man’s method of wearing the hair141
[90.]Earrings143
[91.]Plug for enlarging labret hole144
[92.]Labret of beads and ivory145
[93.]Blue and white labret from Anderson River146
[94.]Oblong labret of bone147
[95.]Oblong labret of soapstone147
[96.]Ancient labret148
[97.]Beads of amber149
[98.]Hair combs150
[99.]Slate knives151
[100.]Slate knife-blade152
[101.]Slate knife152
[102.]Slate knife152
[103.]Slate hunting-knife152
[104.]Blade of slate hunting-knife153
[105.]Large slate knife153
[106.]Large single-edged slate knife153
[107.]Blades of knives154
[108.]Peculiar slate knife154
[109.]Knife with whalebone blade155
[110.]Small iron knife155
[111.]Small iron knives156
[112.]Iron hunting knife156
[113.]Large crooked knife158
[114.]Large crooked knife with sheath158
[115.]Small crooked knives159
[116.]Crooked knife159
[117.]Crooked knives, flint-bladed160
[118.]Slate-bladed crooked knives161
[119.]Woman’s knife, steel blade161
[120.]Woman’s knife, slate blade162
[121.]Woman’s knife, slate blade162
[122.]Woman’s knife, slate blade162
[123.]Woman’s knife, slate blade162
[124.]Woman’s ancient slate-bladed knife163
[125.]Ancient bone handle for woman’s knife163
[126.]Large knife of slate163
[127.]Woman’s knife of flaked flint164
[128.]Hatchet hafted as an adz165
[129.]Hatchet hafted as an adz166
[130.]Adz-head of jade167
[131.]Adz-head of jade167
[132.]Hafted jade adz168
[133.]Adz-head of jade and bone168
[134.]Adz-head of bone and iron, without eyes168
[135.]Adz-head of bone and iron, with vertical eyes169
[136.]Adz-head of bone and iron, with vertical eyes169
[137.]Hafted bone and iron adz169
[138.]Hafted bone and stone adz170
[139.]Small adz-blade of green jade170
[140.]Hafted adz of bone and flint171
[141.]Old cooper’s adz, rehafted171
[142.]Adz with bone blade172
[143.]Antler chisel173
[144.]Antler chisel173
[145.]Spurious tool, flint blade173
[146.]Whalebone shave, slate blade174
[147.]Saw made of deer’s scapula175
[148.]Saw made of a case-knife175
[149.]Bow drill176
[150.]Bow drill and mouthpiece176
[151.]Bow drill177
[152.]Drill bow177
[153.]Drill bows178
[154.]Spliced drill bow178
[155.]Drill mouthpiece with iron socket179
[156.]Drill mouthpiece without wings179
[157.]Bone-pointed drill179
[158.]Handles for drill cords180
[159.]Flint-bladed reamers182
[160.]Flint-bladed reamers182
[161.]Awl182
[162.]Jade whetstones183
[163.]Jade whetstones184
[164.]Wooden tool-boxes185
[165.]Large wooden tool-boxes186
[166.]Tool-bag of wolverine skin187
[167.]Tool-bag of wolverine skin188
[168.]Drills belonging to the tool-bag189
[169.]Comb for deerskins in the tool-bag189
[170.]Bag handles190
[171.]Bag of leather190
[172.]Little hand-club191
[173.]Slungshot made of walrus jaw191
[174.]Dagger of bear’s bone192
[175.]Bone daggers192
[176.]So-called dagger of bone193
[177.]Boy’s bow from Utkiavwiñ196
[178.]Loop at end of bowstring197
[179.]Large bow from Nuwŭk197
[180.]Large bow from Sidaru198
[181.]Feathering of the Eskimo arrow201
[182.]Flint-headed arrow (kukĭksadlĭñ)202
[183.]Long flint pile202
[184.]Short flint pile202
[185.]Heart-shaped flint pile203
[186.](a) Arrow with “after pile” (ipudligadlĭñ); (b) arrow with iron pile (savidlĭñ); (c) arrow with iron pile (savidlĭñ); (d) arrow with copper pile (savidlĭñ); (e) deer-arrow (nûtkodlĭñ)203
[187.]Pile of deer arrow (nûtkăñ)205
[188.]“Kûnmûdlĭñ” arrow pile205
[189.](a) Fowl arrow (tugalĭñ); (b) bird arrow (kixodwain)206
[190.]Bow case and quivers208
[191.]Quiver rod209
[192.]Cap for quiver rod209
[193.]Bracer210
[194.]Bracer of bone210
[195.]Bird dart211
[196.]Point for bird dart212
[197.]Ancient point for bird dart212
[198.]Point for bird dart213
[199.]Bird dart with double point213
[200.]Ancient ivory dart head214
[201.]Bone dart head214
[202.]Nozzle for bladder float215
[203.]Seal dart215
[204.]Foreshaft of seal dart217
[205.]Throwing board for darts217
[206.]Harpoon head218
[207.]Harpoon head219
[208.]Ancient bone harpoon head219
[209.](a) Ancient bone harpoon head; (b) variants of this type220
[210.]Bone harpoon head220
[211.]Bone harpoon head220
[212.]Harpoon head, bone and stone221
[213.]Harpoon head, bone and stone221
[214.]Walrus harpoons224
[215.]Typical walrus-harpoon heads226
[216.]Typical walrus-harpoon heads226
[217.]Typical walrus-harpoon heads227
[218.]Walrus-harpoon head, with “leader”227
[219.]Walrus-harpoon head, with line228
[220.]Walrus-harpoon head, with line228
[221.]Walrus-harpoon head, with line229
[222.]Foreshaft of walrus harpoon230
[223.]Harpoon head for large seals230
[224.]Retrieving seal harpoon231
[225.]Details of retrieving seal harpoon232
[226.]Jade blade for seal harpoon233
[227.]Seal harpoon for thrusting233
[228.]Diagram of lashing on shaft234
[229.]Model of a seal harpoon235
[230.]Large model of whale harpoon235
[231.]Model of whale harpoon, with floats236
[232.]Flint blade for whale harpoon237
[233.]Slate blade for whale harpoon237
[234.]Body of whale harpoon head238
[235.]Whale harpoon heads238
[236.]Whale harpoon head with “leader”239
[237.]Foreshaft of whale harpoon239
[238.]Whale lance240
[239.]Flint head of whale lance241
[240.]Flint heads for whale lances241
[241.]Bear lance242
[242.]Flint head for bear lance242
[243.]Deer lance243
[244.]Part of deer lance with flint head243
[245.]Deer lance, flint head244
[246.]Flint head for deer lance244
[247.]Bird bolas, looped up for carrying245
[248.]Bird bolas, ready for use245
[249.]Sealskin float247
[250.]Flipper toggles248
[251.]Boxes for harpoon heads249
[252.]Seal net251
[253.]Scratchers for decoying seals253
[254.]Seal rattle254
[255.]Seal indicators255
[256.]Sealing stool255
[257.]Seal drag and handles257
[258.]Whalebone wolf killers259
[259.]Wooden snow-goggles261
[260.]Bone snow-goggles262
[261.]Wooden snow-goggles, unusual form262
[262.]Marker for meat cache262
[263.]Marker for meat cache263
[264.]Tackle for shore fishing279
[265.]Knot of line into hook279
[266.]Small fish-hooks280
[267.]Hooks for river fishing280
[268.]Tackle for river fishing280
[269.]Burbot hook, first pattern281
[270.]Burbot hook, second pattern281
[271.]Burbot hook, made of cod hook281
[272.]Burbot tackle, baited281
[273.]Ivory sinker282
[274.]Ivory jigger for polar cod282
[275.]Section of whalebone net284
[276.]Mesh of sinew net285
[277.]Fish trap285
[278.]Fish spear286
[279.]Flint flakers288
[280.]Haft of flint flaker288
[281.]Flint flaker, with bone blade289
[282.]Fire drill, with mouthpiece and stock289
[283.]Set of bow-and-arrow tools291
[284.]Marline spike292
[285.]Marline spike292
[286.]“Twister” for working sinew backing of bow293
[287.]“Feather setter”294
[288.]Tool of antler294
[289.]Skin scraper295
[290.]Skin scrapers—handles only295
[291.]Skin scrapers296
[292.]Skin scraper296
[293.]Peculiar modification of scraper296
[294.]Skin scraper297
[295.]Skin scraper297
[296.]Skin scraper297
[297.]Flint blade for skin scraper298
[298.]Straight-hafted scraper298
[299.]Bone scraper299
[300.]Scraper cups299
[301.]Combs for cleaning deer-skins301
[302.]“Double slit” splice for rawhide lines302
[303.]Mattock of whale’s rib303
[304.]Pickax-heads of bone, ivory, and whale’s rib303
[305.]Ivory snow knife305
[306.]Snow shovels305
[307.]Snow shovel made of a whale’s scapula307
[308.]Snow pick307
[309.]Snow drill308
[310.]Ice scoop308
[311.]Long blubber hook310
[312.]Short-handled blubber hook310
[313.]Fish sealer311
[314.]Ivory shuttle311
[315.]Netting needle312
[316.]Mesh stick312
[317.]Netting needles313
[318.]Netting needles for seal net314
[319.]Netting needle314
[320.]Mesh sticks314
[321.]Netting weights316
[322.]Shuttle belonging to set of feather tools316
[323.]Mesh stick317
[324.]“Sword” for feather weaving317
[325.]Quill case of bone needles318
[326.](a) Large bone needle and peculiar thimble; (b) Leather thimbles with bone needles318
[327.]Needle cases with belt hooks320
[328.](a) Needle case with belt hook; (b) needle case open, showing bone needles321
[329.]Trinket boxes323
[330.]Trinket boxes324
[331.]Ivory box325
[332.]Bone box325
[333.]Little flask of ivory325
[334.]Box in shape of deer325
[335.]Small basket326
[336.]Small basket326
[337.]Small basket327
[338.]Kaiak329
[339.]Method of fastening together frame of kaiak329
[340.]Double kaiak paddle330
[341.]Model kaiak and paddle334
[342.]Frame of umiak336
[343.](a) Method of fastening bilge-streaks to stem of umiak; (b) method of framing rib to gunwale, etc.337
[344.]Method of slinging the oar of umiak339
[345.](a) Model of umiak and paddles; (b) model of umiak, inside plan340
[346.]Ivory bailer for umiak340
[347.]Ivory crotch for harpoon341
[348.]Ivory crotch for harpoon342
[349.]Crotch for harpoon made of walrus jaw342
[350.]Snowshoe345
[351.]Knot in snowshoe netting346
[352.](a) First round of heel-netting of snowshoe; (b) first and second round of heel-netting of snowshoe347
[353.](a) First round of heel-netting of snowshoe; (b) first, second, and third rounds of heel-netting of snowshoe348
[354.]Small snowshoe350
[355.]Old “chief,” with staffs353
[356.]Railed sledge (diagrammatic), from photograph354
[357.]Flat sledge355
[358.]Small sledge with ivory runners355
[359.]Small toboggan of whalebone357
[360.]Hunting score engraved on ivory361
[361.]Hunting score engraved on ivory, obverse and reverse362
[362.]Hunting score engraved on ivory362
[363.]Hunting score engraved on ivory, obverse and reverse363
[364.]Game of fox and geese from Plover Bay365
[365.]Dancing cap365
[366.]Wooden mask366
[367.]Wooden mask and dancing gorget367
[368.]Old grotesque mask368
[369.]Rude mask of wood369
[370.]Wolf mask of wood369
[371.]Very ancient small mask369
[372.]Dancing gorgets of wood371
[373.]Youth dancing to the aurora375
[374.]Whirligigs377
[375.]Teetotum378
[376.]Buzz toy378
[377.]Whizzing stick379
[378.]Pebble snapper379
[379.]Carving of human head380
[380.]Mechanical doll—drum-player381
[381.]Mechanical toy—kaiak paddler381
[382.]Kaiak carved from block of wood382
[383.]Drum385
[384.]Handle of drum secured to rim386
[385.]Drum handles387
[386.]Ivory drumsticks388
[387.]Ancient carving—human head393
[388.]Wooden figures393
[389.]Carving—face of Eskimo man394
[390.]Grotesque soapstone image—“walrus man”394
[391.]Bone image of dancer395
[392.]Bone image of man396
[393.]Grotesque bone image396
[394.]Bone image—sitting man396
[395.]Human figure carved from walrus ivory396
[396.]Ivory carving—three human heads397
[397.]Rude human head, carved from a walrus tooth397
[398.]Elaborate ivory carving398
[399.]Bear carved of soapstone398
[400.]Bear flaked from flint399
[401.](a) Bear carved from bone; (b) bear’s head399
[402.]Ivory figures of bears400
[403.]Rude ivory figures of walrus401
[404.]Images of seal—wood and bone401
[405.]White whale carved from gypsum402
[406.]Wooden carving—whale403
[407.]Whale carved from soapstone403
[408.]Rude flat image of whale404
[409.]Ivory image of whale404
[410.]Ivory image of whale404
[411.]Pair of little ivory whales405
[412.]Soapstone image of imaginary animal405
[413.]Ivory carving, seal with fish’s head405
[414.]Ivory carving, ten-legged bear406
[415.]Ivory carving, giant holding whales406
[416.]Double-headed animal carved from antler407
[417.]Ivory carving—dog407
[418.](a) Piece of ivory, engraved with figures; (b) development of pattern408
[419.](a) Similar engraved ivory; (b) development of pattern408
[420.]Ivory doll409
[421.]Whale flaked from glass435
[422.]Whale flaked from red jasper435
[423.]Ancient whale amulet, of wood436
[424.]Amulet of whaling—stuffed godwit438
[425.]Amulet consisting of ancient jade adz438
[426.]Little box containing amulet for whaling439
[427.]Amulet for catching fowl with bolas439
[428.]Box of dried bees—amulet440

The Hunting Grounds
of the
Point Barrow Eskimo

Based on Lieut. P. H. Ray’s “Map of
Explorations in Northwestern Alaska,”
Signal Service, U.S.A. 1885
Completed by
John Murdoch