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ANCIENT IMPLEMENTS AND ARTICLES OF EQUPMENT, EXCAVATED MAINLY FROM RUINED WATCH-STATIONS OF EARLY CHINESE BORDER LINE, TUN-HUANG. 1. Ornamented wooden tent-peg. 2. Foot-measure with decimal division into inches. 3. Wooden fire-stick. 4. Polished wood handle. 5. Ivory-topped head of baton. 6, 7. Spatulas. 8, 17. Carved wooden hooks (see p. 95). 9. Bowl of lacquered wood. 10. Hemp shoe. 11. Wooden key. 12, 20. Parts of wooden locks. 13. Wooden boot-last. 14. Fragment of calcined reed fascine (see p. 110). 15. Wooden socket for attaching seal. 16. Bronze arrow-head. 18. Block of wood for holding tapers. 19 Wooden eating-bowl. |
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