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Morten P. Porsild. 



anstatt eines Hölzgens, Licht anzuzünden, indem der Stein, solang er 

 ölicht ist, brennt and doch nicht verbrennt ; um den Docht in ihren 

 Lampen in Ordnung zu halten." 



Fig. 54 illustrates two pieces of wood which have been used for 

 making fire by boring {ingnangniut, 81). One of them is especially 



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Fig. 55. Various hooks; as regards their use, see text. 



well-preserved ; it is much charred at the bottom ; above this there 

 is a constriction to receive the cord which puts it into motion ; at 

 the top it is capped with a piece of antler in which there is a small 

 socket. In other forms, the top part was pointed and rotated in a 

 socket in the piece of wood or bone which was held above it, but 

 in this implement the overlying piece must have had a tang. 



Both of them were found in old house ruins on Hunde Eiland. 



Fig. ЪЬ, A is a meat-hook {qatdlut of qatdlûpâ, Supplement, 19) 



