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SNUFF-BAG. — NEEDLES. 
part is tied a thong by which it is fastened to a necklace, while the 
lower end of it is left hanging below the knife for the purpose of 
keeping it in a perpendicular position. 
In the lower figure, the two weasels on the sheath are left in 
' high relief and from this some idea may be formed of the patience 
of these people in carving. But all work of this kind is done, 
perhaps, merely for amusement ; as it is generally carried about with 
them, and taken in hand only when they have nothing else to do : so 
that it proceeds in a very desultory manner, and a long time passes 
before it is finished. Those parts which are black, are cut into the 
ivory, and filled up with a dark gummy substance. 
Suspended in the same manner as the knife, they frequently 
carry a sibbdata ; which is a small bag for holding tobacco or snufF. 
The thiiko (tooko) or needle, is a very usual appendage ; it be- 
longs exclusively to the men, and is one of which great use is made. 
It is always kept exceedingly sharp, and may more properly be named 
an awl. The figures here represent a thuko, and three varieties of 
sheaths. These sheaths are varied merely according to the taste of 
the maker : they are made of leather, and at their upper end a 
