Beads and beadwork of the American Indians : a study based on specimens in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (1929)
Orchard, William C · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 59
45 DRILLING The bow-drill, the pump-drill, and probably the strap-drill were known from early times, and there is every reason for attributing at least some of the bead perforations to the use of one or the other of these effective implements. The long tubular bead from Costa Rica (fig. 36)… … Fig. 44.— Typ- ical drill-point of stone, show- ing mode of Fig. 45. — Bow-drill. lashing. Fig. 45 represents the usual form of bow-drill. The shaft is shown with a block on its upper end ; this may be of wood or of any other suitable material, and is furnished with a depression in which the shaft…
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