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are lashed." The navel piece is here always a hinged toggle of 

 complicated construction, see figure ; in Fabricius it is simply a 

 bone staff of similar construction to that of the neck pieces. It is 



Fig. 34. Implements for towing seal from kayak. For further particulars see text. 



thrust under the skin through a small incision at the navel, and the 

 qissugtaussaq is placed under the strap behind the hole in the kayak. 

 These two pieces are joined by a small bit of rawhide-line, and the 

 manner in which it is done is sometimes a real puzzle (see figure). 

 {Qissugtaussaq is sometimes made of wood. 



