Polar Eskimos had very little wood so, in order to make this sled they had to combine several small pieces of wood and ivory, and lash them together with sealskin rope
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Polar Eskimos had very little wood so, in order to make this sled they had to combine several small pieces of wood and ivory, and lash them together with sealskin rope

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Polar Eskimos had very little wood so, in order to make this sled they had to combine several small pieces of wood and ivory, and lash them together with sealskin rope, This sled is shown equipped for a hunting expedition with two harpoons, a coil of line and other equipment tied on. Eskimo. late 19th c Polar region.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A31_058

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