. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fi£. 52. Using the Eskimo Cokd Dkill. (Cat. No. ), U. S. N*. M. Chalimute, Alaska. Collected liy E. VV. Nelson.) An improvement on the four-part apparatus, just described, render- ing it easy for one man to make a fire unaided, belongs exclusively to the Eskimo. The upper bearing, held in the hand in the case of the cord drill, is shaped for holding between the teeth (Fig. 53). The cord is strung on a bow, so that in working this appa
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fi£. 52. Using the Eskimo Cokd Dkill. (Cat. No. ), U. S. N*. M. Chalimute, Alaska. Collected liy E. VV. Nelson.) An improvement on the four-part apparatus, just described, render- ing it easy for one man to make a fire unaided, belongs exclusively to the Eskimo. The upper bearing, held in the hand in the case of the cord drill, is shaped for holding between the teeth (Fig. 53). The cord is strung on a bow, so that in working this apparatus one hand of the operator is free to apply the tinder or hold the lower piece. While the cord drill is a vertical adapta- tion of the Egyptian breast drill, for the purpose of fire-making, the mouth piece is used exclusively by the Eskimo. The four- part fire drill was rarely found among the North American tribes. The Dyaks of Bor- neo also have the four-part drill. (c) Pump or weighted drill.—The problem of a one-handed drill has also been worked out in the invention of the pump-drill (Fig. 54). This tool has a widespread use for piercing substances necessitating light, even pressure, such as perforating wood, horn, shell, turquoise, etc. The Klamath, Pueblo, and other Indian tribes manufacture shell- beads with the pump-drill at present, and it is probable that its use was prevalent in North America in former times. Its connection with the weaver's spindle is marked. In only two localities in the world, as far as is known, has it been adapted to fire-making, viz, among the Chukchis of Siberia, and the Iroquois Indians of New York and Canada. I'ig. 5o\ Using the Eskimo Mouth Dkill. (Cat. No. 1327, U. S. N. M. Anderson River. British Columbia. Collected by C. P. Gaudet.). 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
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