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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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170 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL ticular type of function. In bowls doubt as drinking vessels. Water was various foods were served, or clay or carried from tbe river in graceful jars, pigment mixed for ))ottery making, or some of tliem of a capacity of several even mortar carried to tbe masons gallons. Tbe jars are fitted witb ban- building tbe pueblo. Flat-bottomed dies or lugs, tbe smaller ones for sus- mugs and tall pitcliers witb globular pension by means of a tbong, tbe larger l)ases and straigbt necks were used no for transportation by tbe bands, or to
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The hollow bones of birds were fashioned into needles, beads and whistles. Scrapes or paddles were made from the short heavy bones of deer and elk, the trochanters offering a convenient grip for the hand. The longer bones were sawed and split longitudinally with flakes of flint into slender sections. These sec- tions were then reduced by rubbing upon pieces of sandstone to highly polished and keen-pointed daggers, awls, and punches (The numerals in ink represent the catalogue numbers put on them by the American Museum)

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