1880.04.0370
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hacka
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"Består i nedre delen av en valrosstand, fästad genom skinnremmar vid en knäformig utbörjing på ett skaft av trä. Fyra hål genom bladet och skaftet." (generalkatalogen)
"The inner bark of the thickest roots of stunted willow is also utilized as food. In olden times it was much more important than at present, as may be judged from an ancient saying: 'The people come to life in spring because the roots of the willow begin to thaw'. The bark is stripped off, thoroughly pounded, and then mixed with fresh or putrid blood, and eaten raw or boiled as a kind of soup. The women also put some of this bark into the fermenting blood, which is stored for winter use.
The roots of Claytonia acutifolia Willd, Hedisarum obscurum, Polygonum viviparum, Polygonum polymorphum, Pedicularis sudetica, Potentilla fragiformis, Oxytropis, various species of Carex, and several others, are used by the Chukchee. They are the only vegetable food that is really relished. During the summer women often go digging roots. They use a digging-pick, which in former times consisted of a handle with bone point (fig 117 b) or simply of a sharp-pointed piece of antler (fig 117 c) while at present it has an iron point tied to a wood handle (fig 117 a). cit. Bogoras, 1904. del I sid 197-198.
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