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long, with two deep notches in the handle like the snow knife Boas 1901, fig. 91 a. Pl. 75.8 is a mattock blade of whalebone, more slender and better made than these usually are; besides a cut-out bed for the shaft there are 2 holes and 5 pairs of notches in the side to hold the lashing; in addition the whole of the upper side of the neck is covered with cross-notches. Of the usual flint flakers of walrus rib there are 5, their lengths varying from 19 to 26 cm.

The typical form of the ulo of the last Sadlermiut is represented by Pl. 76.2–3; 3 (compare Boas 1907, fig. 233 a–b) has a handle of

whalebone which runs into a triangular intermediary piece by a thin tang; a piece of sheet iron has been used as a blade. 2 (compare Boas 1907, fig 233 d) is of ivory, the handle and the intermediary piece being in two pieces, lashed together with sinew thread; a third specimen has the intermediary piece tapped into the handle (like Boas fig. 233 e–f). These ulos with tang, which seem to be a fairly recent form, have predominated among the last extinct Sadlermiut. The collection contains other two specimens of such ulos. The old form without tang is also represented (a large whalebone handle of the type Naujan Pl. 24.3); this, however, differs in its patination from most of the other specimens in the collection; it is undoubtedly much older.

Pl. 75.11 is a large scraper of a fine mica slate, with a thick handle and keen edge. Pl. 76.4 is a scraper blade of flint with narrow handle end but with no distinctly shaped tang. The scraper of caribou scapula is also represented in the collection. Pl. 76.5 is a needle case of ivory, which appears to be fairly new; it is a rather degenerated, somewhat blurred form of the winged needle case (Boas 1907, fig.