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Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 112

An illustration from Ohio archæological and historical quarterly, 1887, leaf 112
sented, although onlya small number were found (fifteen specimens). The averagelength of the horn scrapers would not exceed four inches, thoughone was found eight and one-half inches long. The lower spec-imen in Fig. 39 is a scraper having two ends sharpened to a cut-ting edge; it is four and… … Fig. 39—Celt-like scrapers made of elk horn (two-thirds size). and the bones of about all the animals and birds used for foodwere used in the manufacture of the various types of awls.Many of them were manufactured from the heavy leg bones ofthe elk. Very good examples are shown in Fig. 40.…

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