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W. Thalbitzer 



In the houses of the Ammassalikers the larger chests (tumarqat 

 plural of tumaraq 'something to put the feet on'), have their place 

 on the floor in front of the main platform. As seen from the list 

 on p. 357 each family if possible has a chest in front of their com- 

 partment. In the house near Qeqertaalaq, in which the platform 

 had three compartments, there was a chest by the owner and his 

 family's place at the one side wall and another bj'^ his old unmar- 



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Fig. 289. Tool boxes. (Holm coll.). Ца. 



ried sister's place at the other. In the middle place between these 

 lived a distant relative, a widow who had no tumaraq. Smaller 

 boxes for keeping small implements and loose things are generally 

 seen on or under the platform. 



These kinds of chests are only known among the Eskimo within 

 Greenland, where their shape has undoubtedly been influenced by 

 intercourse with the Europeans. From Alaska are mentioned some 

 oblong tool-chests cut from a wooden-block in one piece and with 



