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most of the objects having been made from some part of an animal, and 
bone, horn, tusk and skin have been ingeniously made to ‘serve every 
purpose. ‘The seal-oil lamp has been devised for giving light and heat. 
Methods of manufacture are illustrated by life-sized figures of men 
ESKIMO WOMAN FISHING THROUGH THE ICE 
From group in Hall No. 108 
and women making or mending harpoons, harness, sledges and gar- 
ments. The practically complete absence of metal from the region 
leads to the employment of thongs in joining bits of wood or bone for 
making sleds, boxes and boats. The stray bits of precious iron or 
steel obtained by barter are used only for weapons or tools. 
Vegetation in Eskimo lands is extremely scanty and is almost exclu- 
