Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . macher, Eleventh Annual Report of leabodyMuseum, p. 263. CELTS HAFTING. 73 (3) The top of the celt was set in a socket of deer horn, which wasput iuto a handle as in form 2; (4) Small celt shaped knives or scrapers were set into the end of apiece of antler long enough to be used as a handle; (5) A forked branch was so cut as to make two prongs of nearlyequal length, and the celt was fastened to the end of one, parallel withit, the other being used to guide and steady it, a prong being held ineach hand
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . macher, Eleventh Annual Report of leabodyMuseum, p. 263. CELTS HAFTING. 73 (3) The top of the celt was set in a socket of deer horn, which wasput iuto a handle as in form 2; (4) Small celt shaped knives or scrapers were set into the end of apiece of antler long enough to be used as a handle; (5) A forked branch was so cut as to make two prongs of nearlyequal length, and the celt was fastened to the end of one, parallel withit, the other being used to guide and steady it, a prong being held ineach hand; (6) The fork of a root or branch was trimmed so as to make a flat faceat any desired angle, to which the celt was lashed, a shoulder, against which the end of the celt was set, being sometimes cut in the wood; (7) A stick was split its entire length and a single turn taken aroundthe celt, the ends being brought together and tied, forming a roundhandle; (8) A stick was split part way, one fork cut oft and the other wrappedonce or twice and tied, thus forming a round handle of solid Flo. 47.—Celt, showing lilaile thicknear edge.
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