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Gabriel  Gustafson. 
[No.  1, 
have  originally  appeared  as  illustrated  in  fig.  5,  and  consequently 
been  in  4  parts.  In  my  paper  already  referred  to  I  have,  as 
I  believe,  sufficiently  distinctly  shown  that.  My  line  of  argument 
need  not,  however,  be  repeated  here ;  the  similar  article  with  which 
I  have  subsequently  become  acquainted,  has  in  such  an  eclatant 
manner  confirmed  the  correctness  of  my  opinion,  that  I  consider 
the  matter  to  be  now  fully  elucidated.  I  have  also  previously  shown 
that  the  article  must  have  been  cut  out  of  a  single  block  of  wood, 
while  I  have  shown  the  possibility  of  that,  practically,  by  making  a 
copy  of  it  from  a  single  piece  of  easily  wrought  material. 
So   far,  therefore,  the  matter  is  clear;   we  have  become  ac- 
I 
a. 
Fig.  5.    The  "tankering"  reconstructed.    a.  open.    b.  and  c.  folded;  from  two 
sides. 
quainted  with  the  article  as  it  originally  appeared,  and  with  the 
manner  in  which  it  was  made.  But  when  we  have  to  speak  of  its 
significance  it  is  more  difficult  to  strike  firm  ground.  In  my  prev- 
ious  paper  I  pausecl  with  the  view  that  the  only  significance  of  the 
article  lay  in  the  skill  and  artistic  merit  with  which  it  was  carved ; 
and  I  also  pointed  to  the  circumstance  that  in  more  modern  times 
northern  popular  work  artistically  carved  out  of  a  single  piece  of 
wood  was  much  admired.  But  I  also  touched  upon  the  possibility 
of  there  being  something  more  than  this ;  I  certainly  adduced  some- 
thing  which  might  speak  against  attributing  any  religious  or  mystical 
significance  to  the  object,  but  at  same  time  referred  to  one  or  other 
thing  which  might,  perhaps,  speak  more  strongly  in  favour  of  such  a 
