In Parry's Second Voyage (p. 508) is described a throwing-stick of
Igloolik, 18 inches long, grooved for the shaft of the bird-spear, and
having a spike for the hole of the shaft, and a groove for the thumb and
for the fingers. The index-finger hole is not mentioned, but more than
probably it existed, since it is nowhere else wanting between Ungava and
Cape Romanzoff in Alaska. This form, if properly described by Parry, is
between the Ungava and the Cumberland Gulf specimen, having no kinship
with the throwing-stick of Greenland. The National Museum should possess
an example of throwing-stick from the Fury and Hecla Straits.