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Image missingFig. 28.Quiver. bent over to opposite sides; its use is illustrated by Murdoch.[1] Fig. 30.2 (Ponds Inlet) is a marline spike[2] for holding the strands away from each other when twisting Image missingFig. 29.Cutting board for arrow feathers. 1:2. and for tightening the sinew-backing; it is of antler. Boas[3] figures an arrow straightener from the Aivilik Eskimos, a piece of antler widened at one end, where there is a large hole; two smaller holes in the other end; 33 cm long.

The arrow release was mediterranean[4] as among the other Central Eskimos.

Caribou hunting with bow and arrow was, like that with the gun, accomplished by stalking for the purpose of getting within range for a shot; but owing to the lower power of the bow, other methods had to be used in order to get near enough. To approach so near without being seen was almost impossible and, instead, the hunter had to try to deceive the caribou into believing that it was another caribou approaching.[5] Or again, the women and children drove the herds through passes where the men Image missingFig. 30.Twister and marline spike. 12. lay ready with their bows.[6] Another method, which is described by Parry and confirmed by Hall,[7] proceeded in this manner: . . "two men walking directly from the deer they wish to kill, when the animal always follow them. As soon as they arrive at a large stone, one of the men hides behind it with his bow, while the other continuing to walk on soon leads the deer within range of his companion's arrows."

The other method of hunting the caribou and

  1. ↑ 1892 p. 293; Cf. Boas 1901 fig. 115 a and 1907 fig. 229 b.
  2. ↑ Cf. Boas 1901 fig. 115 b and 1907 229 a.
  3. ↑ 1901 fig. 117.
  4. ↑ Morse Fig. 8–9.
  5. ↑ Parry 1824 p. 289 and 512.
  6. ↑ Lyon 1824 p. 337.
  7. ↑ Parry 1824 p. 512. Hall 1879 p. 178.
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