. Bulletin. Ethnology. WOMAN'S SLATE KNIFE (uLu); ESKIMO (1-4). (muRDOCH) terial capable of taking and retaining an edge was utilized—wood, reed, bone, ant- ler, shell; stone, and metal. Teeth ai'e nature's ''utting tools, and the teeth of animals (shark, beaver, etc.) were much employed by primitive men, as also were sharp "bits of stone and splinters of wood and bone, tiie natural edges of which were artificially sharpened, and natural forms were modified to make them more effectual. The uses of the knife are in- numerable; it served in war and was in-. Obsidian Ceremonial Obsidian Knif
. Bulletin. Ethnology. WOMAN'S SLATE KNIFE (uLu); ESKIMO (1-4). (muRDOCH) terial capable of taking and retaining an edge was utilized—wood, reed, bone, ant- ler, shell; stone, and metal. Teeth ai'e nature's ''utting tools, and the teeth of animals (shark, beaver, etc.) were much employed by primitive men, as also were sharp "bits of stone and splinters of wood and bone, tiie natural edges of which were artificially sharpened, and natural forms were modified to make them more effectual. The uses of the knife are in- numerable; it served in war and was in-. Obsidian Ceremonial Obsidian Knife with Handle of Blape, 21 IN. long; OTTER Skin 7 1-4 IN. long CALIFORNIA, (holmes) California. (mason) dispensable in every brancli of the arts of life, in acquiring raw materials, in pre- paring them for use, and in shaping whatever was made. Knives served also JASPER Blade, s 3- long; Califor (wilson). 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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