. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. PORT CLARENCE ESKIMO l8l particularly fine bundle consisting of a large harpoon, two shorter spears, a fish spear, and some spear han- dles. Not many stone tools were seen, partly, perhaps, because they had not unpacked their possessions. One man, however, had a fine chisel of jadeite, and we came across two stone pipes of the old type. They pos- sessed a few baskets of good form and quality, of the Point Barrow type. They had one or two adzes made from an ordinary lathing hatchet, the head having been taken off, turned half round and then
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. PORT CLARENCE ESKIMO l8l particularly fine bundle consisting of a large harpoon, two shorter spears, a fish spear, and some spear han- dles. Not many stone tools were seen, partly, perhaps, because they had not unpacked their possessions. One man, however, had a fine chisel of jadeite, and we came across two stone pipes of the old type. They pos- sessed a few baskets of good form and quality, of the Point Barrow type. They had one or two adzes made from an ordinary lathing hatchet, the head having been taken off, turned half round and then lashed to the . ,. r - ESKIMO STONE PIPE. handle so as to form an adze. In the piles of packages on the beach were seen many of the sealskin bags in which they carry their possessions. Some of these were made from the skin of the ribbon seal, others of the ringed seal, and others still, of the com- mon Pacific harbor seal. These, skinned out through the mouth, with no other cut in them, and tied up at both ends, are used for a variety of purposes: they serve for whale floats or for oil casks, or, when completely dry, tanned, and turned right side out, for dunnage sacks. When used for this purpose a slit is commonly cut across the breast, from flipper to flipper, and this is laced up. Most of these Eskimo had set up ordinary wall tents of canvas or muslin with a low wall and door, so that to en- ter it was necessary to get down on the ground and creep under the wall. There were a few oval frames of willow twigs covered with canvas; and in two or three cases an umiak propped up on its side supported the up- per edge of a sheet of canvas which was pinned to the ground below. Planted in the soil behind several of the tents were. 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 Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); H
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