. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . iles or knifeblades. They are of various sizes depending on the amount of materialat hand. The Indian takes a piece of metal and grinds one side of itflat and smooth; the other is edged like a drawing knife. The blade isnow heated and bent to the desired curve. Some are more bent thanothers and some have only the point bent to one side. The few left- 318 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. handed persons have the bhade formed to suit themselves. It is set iua handle curved from the user and bent upward like the bla
. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . iles or knifeblades. They are of various sizes depending on the amount of materialat hand. The Indian takes a piece of metal and grinds one side of itflat and smooth; the other is edged like a drawing knife. The blade isnow heated and bent to the desired curve. Some are more bent thanothers and some have only the point bent to one side. The few left- 318 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. handed persons have the bhade formed to suit themselves. It is set iua handle curved from the user and bent upward like the blade. At theend of the handle is generally to be found a thong on which a woodenbutton is placed for attachment to the belt, as uo man ever goes off ona iourney without this knife, however short may be the distance. The handle is held iu the hand at right angles or across the body andinvariable drawn toward the user. It is employed for all purposes ofwhittling or shaving wood and one would be surprised to observe whatlarge strips will separate when started with this apparently frail Fig. 142.—Awl, Neneuot. Fig. 1-13.—Snow shovel,Nenenot.
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