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FIRE-MAKING APPARATUS HOUGH 



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center holes are used here. These sets are called "nu-tshun." 

 (Fig. 34.) The apparatus shown in Figure 34 has the stepped hearth. 



Fig. 34.— Fire-making set (hearth with step and five slots). Cat. No. 127819a, 

 U.S.N.M. KoGGiuNG, Bristol Bay, Alaska. Collected by W. J. Fisher 



Both drill and hearth apparently have been made for sale. The mouth- 

 piece is a good one, set with a large socket piece of a black stone with 

 green mottlings. This stone is tolerably soft. It is much used by 

 the Bristol Bay Eskimo for making labrets, etc. The teeth grip is 



