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PLATE I.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 1. Eskimo launching a seal harpoon by means of the
throwing-stick. Mr. John Murdoch states that the hand is held much lower
by the Point Barrow Eskimo, the harpoon resting as low as the shoulder,
and that the movement of throwing the harpoon is quick, as in casting a
fly in fishing.

[Illustration: Fig. 1. Eskimo using the throwing-stick.]


PLATE II.

(Mason. Throwing-sticks.)

Fig. 2. Greenland type of throwing-stick. The specific
characteristics are the broad form; the scanty grooves for thumb and
fingers; the absence of pegs, separate finger grooves, or index
perforation; but the most noteworthy are the two grommets or eyelets to
fit ivory pegs on the harpoon-shaft. The peculiar method of
strengthening the ends with ivory pieces should also be noted. From
Holsteinburg, Greenland, 1884. Catalogue number, 74126.

[Illustration: Fig. 2. Greenland throwing-stick, back and