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island - for their milk, cheese and butter, while most of the consumed meat came from hunted caribou and seals. both individual farmers and groups of farmers organised summer trips to the more northerly disko bay area where they hunted walruses, narwhals and polar bears for their skins, hides and ivory
. besides being used to make garments and shoes, these resources also functioned as a form of currency, as well as making up the most important export commodities. [ ] the settlements carried on a trade in ivory from walrus tusks with europe, as well as exporting rope, sheep, seals, wool and cattle hides...
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