. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 32.—Quill flatteners, snow snake, and punches, Dodd site, a-e. Quill flatteners; f, snow snake; g, h, punches. Group 1; i-k, Group 3; /, Group 2; m, Group 4. Group 4 (fig. 32); 4 specimens. Made from ends of deer antler prongs, the end showing definite signs of sharpen- ing in several instances. QUILL FLATTENERS (Fig. 32) {89 specimens) Split segments of bison ribs with polished rounded ends, edges range from straight and smoothed to rough and irregular; cancellous tissue of split surface sometimes left rough, sometimes almost obliterated by smoothing. One piece c
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 32.—Quill flatteners, snow snake, and punches, Dodd site, a-e. Quill flatteners; f, snow snake; g, h, punches. Group 1; i-k, Group 3; /, Group 2; m, Group 4. Group 4 (fig. 32); 4 specimens. Made from ends of deer antler prongs, the end showing definite signs of sharpen- ing in several instances. QUILL FLATTENERS (Fig. 32) {89 specimens) Split segments of bison ribs with polished rounded ends, edges range from straight and smoothed to rough and irregular; cancellous tissue of split surface sometimes left rough, sometimes almost obliterated by smoothing. One piece carries a simple incised decoration on the external surface of the bone. Lengths range from 71 mm. to well over 200 mm. Since all of the larger pieces were broken, it was impossible to determine a mean or a maximum length. Width: Mean 19 mm., range 11 to 24 mm. Note: There is considerable variation in the finish of the edges and in the degree to which the cancellous tissue of the split surface is polished down. The consistent feature is the rounding and polishing of the ends. In general form, these pieces are very similar to a number in the ethnographic collections of the Chicago Natural History Museum. Tlie Chicago specimens were collected from the Pawnee by George A. Dorsey who identified them as "quill ; Lacking any better suggestion for the function of the Dodd site pieces, it seems reasonable to assume that they too were used for flattening porcupine quills which were to be used as decorative Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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