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В. Tusk of walrus. Disco Fjord. In the ruins of a house. 

 D. Tusk of walrus. Sarqaq. Grave. 



F. Whale's bone, has had the form of a boot, but the foot has 

 disappeared by repeated sharpenings. Found in a ruin at Disco Fjord 

 and again taken into use. 



G. A thin lamella of the tusk of a walrus sharpened at the 

 one end. By means of the different capacities of absorbing heated oil 



2 4 6 8 lOcin.. 



Fig. 48. A, Diminutive boot-stretcher for use when travelling; B—G, sole-puckers 



and loop-awls ; H, case for sewing-needles of European origin ; /, an erisaut, bone 



knife for removing chairs from hides ; J, needle for stringing fish. 



possessed by the different ivory-substances a kind of ornamentation 

 has been formed. Disco Fjord. Modern. 



Before the sole is sewn on to men's boots a couple of loops 

 are made on the side of them at about the base of the toes. The 

 pointed corner of the Ulo is put through, a little distance from the 

 edge, and the hole thus produced is now, by the aid of a bone-bodkin, 

 putugkisit, widened to a suitable size, after which the sole is sewn 

 on below the loop. As the latter must be able to stand a strong 

 pull from the boot-lace, the hole must not be cut full size, but just 

 forced by the bodkin, to prevent cracks beginning to form. Another 



