Home mission handicraft; ideas for work and play in mission bands and junior societies (1908)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, joint author · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 89
ak a stick twoand one-half inches long inhot water; when it is pliable,split an end down one inch, nomore (Fig. 178, J), and in trueIndian fashion bind a stonehatchet (Fig. 178, K) betweenthe split sides of the stickhandle with thongs of hide.Whittle the little hatchet froma piece of wood, cover it… … Fig. 179.—Toma-hawk ready for use. The Chieftains Shield is of hide taken from the neckof the bull bison; the, piece must be twice the requiredsize for a finished shield to allow for the necessary shrink-age. Over a fire built in a hole in the ground the skin isstretched and pegged down. When…
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