In the Alaskan wilderness . BB -. A PAIR OF GRASS SOCKS The sewing is all done with ivory needles andwith thread that the women make from thesinew of the white whale, the walrus and thedeer. In all this domestic economy the preparationof food plays a relatively small part, and thoughit falls to the share of the women, it does notadd much to their labors, because they eat somuch of their food in a raw state. Their variousoccupations keep the men and women busy duringthe long winters. WEAPONS The armory of the Kuskwogamiut is a com-prehensive one. The largest weapons are heavyharpoons with long
In the Alaskan wilderness . BB -. A PAIR OF GRASS SOCKS The sewing is all done with ivory needles andwith thread that the women make from thesinew of the white whale, the walrus and thedeer. In all this domestic economy the preparationof food plays a relatively small part, and thoughit falls to the share of the women, it does notadd much to their labors, because they eat somuch of their food in a raw state. Their variousoccupations keep the men and women busy duringthe long winters. WEAPONS The armory of the Kuskwogamiut is a com-prehensive one. The largest weapons are heavyharpoons with long wooden shafts and fore-shafts of ivory, armed with an ivory head tippedwith an infixed blade or point of flint. Thishead has an ingenious releasing device and isattached to a long line of walrus hide. Whenthe head has been sunk in the skin of the whale,the shaft can be drawn back into the boat bymeans of its own line while the head is securedto the boat by a strong line that can be paid outor drawn in according to the circumstanc
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