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is removed, and the end of the arrow shaft shaved down into a nice 
slope, which is then subjected to considerable pressure, with the re- 
Fic. 44.—The arrow-shaft tightener, 
sult that its diameter is appreciably diminished and the nock gripped 
as tightly as possible. There is a special tool, the arrow tightener, 
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Fic, 45.—Method of using the arrow-shaft tightener. 
shimara adikuda-kuanna (Ara.) or skliribié (Wap.), by which such 
pressure is effected. Crévaux mentions it as being found in the 
pegalls of the Cayenne Indians (Cr, 168). This is composed of a very 
