. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . d tapering toward theend to be lield in the hand. On the lower endis a dish-shaped ynece of reinder horn, two andone-eighth inches long and seven-eighths ofwTnlfe^ an inch wide. Tlirough the center of thepiece of horn an oblong hole has been cut forthe insertion of the shaft or handle. The edges of thehorn piece are sharp as can be made. This piece is one-third of an inch thick, and having the sharp edge up isconvenient for thrusting down the back to scratch onesself in places where the hand could not
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . d tapering toward theend to be lield in the hand. On the lower endis a dish-shaped ynece of reinder horn, two andone-eighth inches long and seven-eighths ofwTnlfe^ an inch wide. Tlirough the center of thepiece of horn an oblong hole has been cut forthe insertion of the shaft or handle. The edges of thehorn piece are sharp as can be made. This piece is one-third of an inch thick, and having the sharp edge up isconvenient for thrusting down the back to scratch onesself in places where the hand could not reach on accountof thick deerskin clothing. The Eskimo name of the in-strument is ku-m6-u-t)k, or that which removes lice. The steel needles obtained from the traders are kept ina little ivory receptacle of various shapes, two of which ^ shown in Figs. 72 and 73. Boagmyut. This is hoUow and filled with any sphagnum moss. One end is per-manently closed by a wooden or ivory plug, held in by little pegs. Theplug in the other end is easily taken out. The needle case is usually. Flu,snowKoksuagmyut 254 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. pierced to receive a loop l)y wliicli it may be liuiig to tlie belt or are also kept iu a kiud of small cusliioii (Fig. 7-i) made of
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