Requisites for sewing and dressing. 



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Most of the small articles used for needlework have been oc- 

 casionally discussed in the foregoing, and references will therefore 

 here suffice. 



The Ulo, for instance, is perhaps the most important item in a 

 woman's workbox, but as it is also used for various other kinds of 

 household work besides sewing, a special chapter was here required 

 (p. 440 et seqq.). As a matter of fact, several of the women's knives 

 included in the collection are not adapted to needlework at all, 

 whereas others, such as those shown in PL VII, 11 and XXIII, 

 are so small and slight that they could only have been intended 

 for this finer work. 



As a cutting board, for finer skin work, the little wooden 

 board, L. 3823, from Snenses (PL XIII, 10) has probably been 

 used (cf. p. 378). 



The only needlecase in the collection, L. 3079, 9-7 cm. 

 long, is mentioned on pp. 365 66 (PL VII, 9) among the ar- 

 ticles from grave 529 at Rypefjeldet in connection with related 

 forms from other Eskimo regions. It is worthy of note, both 

 as regards workmanship and size. 



Both cutting board and needlecase have their nearest pa- 

 rallels in the northern part of West Greenland. 



In the same grave at Rypefjeldet was also found the boot-crea- 

 ser, 10 cm. long, L. 3075 (PL VII, 1), which is ornamented with 

 grooves at the top, and has been fitted with a ring by which 

 it could be hung, or carried in a sling. In reference to this 

 article, it has already been suggested (pp. 36667) that it might 

 possibly, with other items from the same find, have been intended 

 to hang as a trinket from the woman's belt. 



To this class of implement should doubtless also be reckoned 

 the unfinished article (L. 3920) shown in Fig. 38, from house 523 at 



