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through the two ends of the collar, and is secured to a 

 bone peg or a paysik of simple construction. The head- 

 piece or halter (for no bit is used) is called syahney. That 

 of the leading deer consists of a square straight piece of 

 bone or horn, about four inches long, on the right cheek, 

 under the root of the horns, with a hole at each end, and 

 a second piece of horn, a semicircular or half-round 

 section, bending nearly rectangularly, not quite in the 



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middle. This piece of horn is hollowed or deeply 

 grooved on the flat side, and has a hole bored through at 

 each end, and a third hole about half an inch from that 

 one at the long end. The position of this piece of horn 

 is with the short end halfway across the forehead and 

 the long end in a similar position to the straight piece of 

 horn on the other side of the head. Both pieces are 

 more or less ornamented with simple carving ; they are 

 fastened together, the ends about a couple of inches apart, 

 by a short thong of plain or plaited leather, passing 

 through the holes at one end of each piece, and tied 



