Eskimo whizzamajig
—label circa 1940 for an ivory spear tip in the MacMillan Collection, Provincetown Optimism, in a strange, American way, this zippy caption for what was foreign beyond language. Thingamabob. Doohickey distant as the need for a haasux (spear-thrower in Aleut) or unaaq (Inupiaq pole to check ice thickness). This tool (perhaps […]