Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442Murdoch, John
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Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition: Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1888, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1892, pages 3-442
Murdoch, John
Eskimos -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point, Region
with a rounded sharp-pointed tang, slightly enlarged just above the
tip. It is of reindeer antler. The rest of the arrow does not differ
from those previously described. The stele is of pine and is feathered
with three gyrfalcon feathers.
Two others from Sidaru have only a single barb on the after-pile, but
the other four have two, one behind the other on the same side. No.
89237 [164], from Utkiavwĭñ, differs in no respect from the
single-barbed flint arrows from Sidaru, but No. 72763 [164], from the
same village, has four small barbs on the after-pile, which is
unusually (nearly 7 inches) long, and a pile of sheet brass. This has
the basal angles on each side cut into three small, sharp,
backward-pointing teeth. The total length of this arrow is 28 inches.
The after-piles of all arrows except one were of reindeer antler,
which is another reason for supposing that this form of arrow is a
modification of the deer arrow. After the introduction of iron, this
metal or copper was substituted for the flint pile of the
kukĭ´ksadlĭñ, making the third and last form of bear arrow, the
sa´vĭdlĭñ (“fitted with iron”). This arrow differs from the others
only in the form of the pile, which is generally broad and flat, and
either rhomboidal, with the base cut into numerous small teeth, or
else triangular, with a shank. The barbs are usually bilateral.
No. 72758 [25], from Nuwŭk, represents the first form. The pile is of
iron, rough and flat, 2½ inches long. No. 72770 [241_b_], from
Utkiavwĭñ, is of the same form. No. 72760 [165], Fig. 186_c_, from
Utkiavwĭñ, has a similar pile 3.3 inches long, but has each of the
under edges cut into four sharp, backward-pointing teeth. No. 72778
[234_b_], Fig. 186_d_, has a pile of sheet copper 2.3 inches long, of
the same shape, but with six teeth. This arrow came from Sidaru. No.
72765 [25], from Nuwŭk, is a long, narrow iron pile with three
bilateral barbs, all simple.
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