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Storyknife means A carved knife made for a Yup'ik girl to use for storyknifing..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A carved knife made for a Yup'ik girl to use for storyknifing..
Pretty Girt Students sell a packet containing a hand-carved storyknife, examples of stories, and illustrations. Villagers tell stories and illustrate them with drawings carved in the snow, mud, or sand.
This is confirmed by Molly, a ten-year-old cousin, who comes into the kitchen waving her storyknife at us.
Back when we used the storyknife all the time, qulirat [traditional tales] were readily available.
A Yup'ik Eskimo storyknife was usually made from wood, bone, or ivory by a father, uncle, or grandfather for a young girl in the family.
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Storyknife means A carved knife made for a Yup'ik girl to use for storyknifing..
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Pretty Girt Students sell a packet containing a hand-carved storyknife, examples of stories, and illustrations. Villagers tell stories and illustrate them with drawings carved in the snow, mud, or sand.
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