Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 80
66 INDIANS OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO 2. FiRE-TONGS. — Every Ona household carried a pair of fire- tongs, such as are illustrated in fig. 19, a. They are simply sticks, usually of barberry wood, split for the greater part of their length. The Ona {Idkel) and Yahgan ildka) words for this implement are … Fig. 21.— Ona guanaco-hide storage-bag. Width, 21 in. (14/2385) clearly akin, so one tribe must have borrowed it from the other; but we have no way of deciding who originated it. 3. Grease SxoNE.^Each family carried a smooth, water-worn stone five or six inches in diameter, the primary use of which…
Fuegians · Ona Indians · Yahgan Indians · Ona language · Yahgan language
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