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tumpline

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tump·line  (tmpln)
n.
A strap slung across the forehead or the chest to support a load carried on the back.
[tump (alteration of mattump, of Southern New England Algonquian origin) + line.]
tumpline [ˈtʌmpˌlaɪn]
n
(in the US and Canada, esp formerly) a leather or cloth band strung across the forehead or chest and attached to a pack or load in order to support it Also called tump
[from tump, of Algonquian origin + line1; compare Abnaki mádǔmbi pack strap]
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The women supported these larger containers by the use of a tumpline around the forehead.
Native American Basketry by Beverly Sugarman / Hobbies community
Such studies have generally interpreted observed differences in the distribution of degenerative joint disease as the result of particular activities: the use of tumplines (Bridges 1994), atlatls (Angel 1966), and grinding stones (Miller 1985), for example, have been suggested as "causes" of joint degeneration.
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The next morning the village was up at dawn, roasting plantains and packing all of the household possessions in large utility baskets the women carry with a tumpline across their foreheads.
A race against time by Good, Kenneth R. / Americas (English Edition)
 
 
 
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