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| 16 | 15 | He braced it on his leg in carving, his View more quotes about fingers">fingers near the blade end where they might delicately control the movement of the metal. |
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| 16 | 12 | He removes the excess ivory and there, where it had lain hidden before, now revealed, is the shape. |
| 16 | 13 | Imnak's knife had a wooden handle, some fourteen inches long. |
| 16 | 14 | Its point was some three inches in length. |
| 16 | 15 | He braced it on his leg in carving, his fingers near the blade end where they might delicately control the movement of the metal. |
| 16 | 16 | Bracing the knife permits force from the leg to be applied, whereas balance and control are not sacrificed, because the point is subtly guided by the movement of the fingers. |
| 16 | 17 | Imnak held up the sleen. |
| 16 | 18 | In the language of the Innuit there is no word for art or artist. |