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furnished with a sunk portion and a groove for the lashing. Of the numerous arrows and loose arrow heads in the collection, all have bone heads cut obliquely at the rear end; none of them have the conical tang which predominates in the Thule culture, and none of Image missingFig. 26.
Arrows. them have barbs. Raven, owl and eider-duck feathers are used.

Parry,^[1] however, describes the arrows at Iglulik as follows: "— —About two-thirds of the whole length is of fir rounded, and the rest of bone let by a socket. into the wood..." This shows that the old conical tang was still in use in Parry's time. Of the three arrows preserved from Parry's voyage (now Image missingFig. 27.
Arrowhead. 1:2. in the Royal Scottish Museum), two of them, however, have obliquely-ending foreshafts and only one (which furthermore is not known to be Parry's with complete certainty) has a conical tang. Thus both methods have apparently been in use in Parry's time and only later has the former become the sole method.

Quivers (qardjorfik). Fig. 28 (Iglulik) is a quiver for bow and arrows. It consists of two long, narrow bags of unhaired sealskin, one large for the bow and a shorter one for the arrows; the latter can be closed by means of a hood, fastened on with a piece of seal-thong, the former can be drawn together by means of a seal-thong sewn on to it. On the side not visible on the figure is a small bag of hairy caribou skin, 17 cm long, for extra arrow feathers, cutting board and similar small trifles.^[2] The quiver is fitted with a thong to go over the shoulder and also with a carrying handle of antler. Total length 68 cm.

Fig. 29 (Iglulik) is a cutting board for arrow feathers; it is of wood, 14 cm long, 0,4 cm thick and has a handle at one end. Fig. 30.1 (Iglulik) is a twister for the sinew backing of the bow, of ivory, 9,9 cm long; it is of the usual shape with a central hole and the ends