| This is known as a tumpline, and consists of a band of leather to cross the head, and two long thongs to secure the pack. |
| It was not only used as a belt, but also served as an emergency harness, rope, tumpline or even a horse bridle. |
| One night one of them ate a piece out of my tumpline, which was partially under my head, while I slept. |
| Objects: fibers, dyes, bark beater, net needle, weaving loom, rope, net, tumpline, textile. |
| The work of many women in Nepal requires carriage of heavy loads by tumpline, weight-bearing on head and neck – not easy with any type of headache. |
| The speaker slipped his arms into his pack-harness and adjusted the tumpline to his forehead preparatory to rising. |
