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  called 
  taha'nuka, 
  literally, 
  "wet 
  skin." 
  This 
  work 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  skin, 
  

   which 
  usually 
  occupied 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  hours, 
  was 
  called 
  waha'zhabe. 
  

   When 
  this 
  task 
  was 
  finished 
  the 
  skin 
  was 
  left 
  to 
  dry 
  in 
  the 
  sun. 
  

   When 
  it 
  became 
  dry 
  and 
  hard 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  waha'page. 
  If 
  the 
  hide 
  

   was 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  robe 
  or 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  bedding, 
  it 
  was 
  then 
  folded 
  up 
  

   to 
  be 
  packed 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  village, 
  where 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  tanning 
  was 
  

  

  II" 
  t'liazhabc 
  We'uhi 
  

  

  Fig. 
  70. 
  Implements 
  for 
  dressing 
  skins. 
  

  

  always 
  done. 
  But 
  if 
  the 
  skin 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  moccasins 
  or 
  a 
  tent 
  

   cover, 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  ready 
  for 
  tanning 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  In 
  

   that 
  case 
  the 
  dried 
  hide 
  would 
  be 
  turned 
  and 
  the 
  hair 
  scraped 
  off 
  with 
  

   an 
  implement 
  called 
  ire'uhi 
  — 
  a 
  short 
  adze, 
  sometimes 
  called 
  we'ubazho' 
  1 
  

   (really 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  handle), 
  figure 
  70 
  (Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  

   27576). 
  The 
  process 
  of 
  scraping 
  off 
  the 
  hair 
  was 
  called 
  wa'u. 
  The 
  

  

  