An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)
Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 47
Trou des Forges, near the village of Bruniquel, onthe banks of the river Aveyron, of the tools requisite formaking such a needle. Here were found the flint saw forrounding the splinter of bone into shape, a piece of sand-stone for burnishing it (Fig. 17), and the flint borer to makethe eye. When it… … Fig. 17.—Sandstone polisher.Combarelles. with a stone borer found in the cave. It may be remem-bered how much CaptainCook was impressedwhen he saw the Maorisof New Zealand boresmall and perfect holes ina piece of glass with apointed stone. One ofthe neatest tools madeby Magdalenian man,says M. de…
Art, Primitive
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