Image: Handbook to the ethnographical collections (1910) (14596895307) (cropped to ivory lamp-feeder)

Description: Identifier: handbooktoethnog00brit (find matches) Title: Handbook to the ethnographical collections Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 Subjects: Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 228.—Arrow-heads of antlei-, one withstone bhule. Eskimo. of canoo. Women use a roomy open skin boat (iwtial) shai)ed likeu trougli, and capable of holding aljout twenty j)eople. With theumia/c single-bladed paddles are emi)loyed, anil a low lug-sail madeof strii)S of walrus-intestine sewn together is sometimes hoisted. Fig. 229.—Canning on ivory ^depicting a wliale-liuiit. Eskimo. Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 230.—Objects from the Eskimo, a. Ivory lamp-feeder, h. Antlerclub: c. Tobacco-pipe of ivory, d. Snow-knife of bone. e. Gaff for salmon./. Arrow, g. Slate hide-scraper, h. Iron hide-scraper. NORTH AMEKICA 253 On land, the Eskimo travel on snow shoes or in wooden sledgesof various forms the runners of which are usually covered withl^lates of bone. They are drawn by teams of native dogs harnessedwith light seal-hide traces, The Eskimo are possessed of great mechanical and considerableartistic skill. Before iron was known to them they made flintspear and arrow-heads, flaking them not by percussion, but bypressure applied by a horn implement. Their carving is doneby means of knives with curved blades, and holes are drilled bya bow-drill, the bow of which is usually made of bone or walrus-ivory, while the shaft is held steady not by the hands but by theteeth, between which a wooden mouthpiece is held (see fig. 7, e).On these bow-drills and other utensils hunting and other scenes areo Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Handbook to the ethnographical collections (1910) (14596895307) (cropped to ivory lamp-feeder)
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