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Image missingFig. 3.Needle cases in human shape.Pt. Hope. 2 : 3. Harrison. Otherwise this type seems to have disappeared from the central regions fairly early; it is not mentioned by any of the earlier travellers and the needle cases that are used by the central tribes are of other types.[1]
Among the Polar Eskimos[2] the winged needle case is known and has been in general use right up to the present time; apart from Southampton Island, this is the only place in which this form. of needle case has remained in use throughout the period known to history. In West Greenland the winged needle case is the usual type in earlier finds, especially from the northern part of the coast, and several specimens have been figured.[3] Of the needle cases of this type in Nat., Stockh. and Berlin Mus. two are known to be from Upernivik, four from Umanaq, two from Ritenbenk, three from Jakobshavn, three from Egedesminde, four from Holsteinsborg and only one from the sou-
- ↑ See Parry 1824, p. 548 (Iglulik), Boas 1888, fig. 471, 1901, fig. 43, 136 b-c and 1907, fig. 234 (Baffin L. and Iglulik Esk.), Wissler 1909, fig. 3 (Ponds Inlet), Hawkes Pl. XXIV. d, f (Labrador).
- ↑ Kroeber fig. 30; many new and old, in Nat.
- ↑ Thalbitzer 1909, fig. 96–97. Birket-Smith 1917, fig. 25 and 1924, fig. 14 i and 82 b.
