. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA EEGION. 75 was collected at Bear Creek Cave. The ball appears to have been dipped in some viscid substance at the time it was made, in order to hold it in shape. The ball may have been wound on a prayer-stick, or rounded rod, or on the extremity of a bow to hold the string in place as observed on the nockless bows of the East In- dies and Africa. The orifice in the ball is slightly unsym- metrical and accords with the section of the simple pointed bows of this Please note that these images are extracted
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA EEGION. 75 was collected at Bear Creek Cave. The ball appears to have been dipped in some viscid substance at the time it was made, in order to hold it in shape. The ball may have been wound on a prayer-stick, or rounded rod, or on the extremity of a bow to hold the string in place as observed on the nockless bows of the East In- dies and Africa. The orifice in the ball is slightly unsym- metrical and accords with the section of the simple pointed bows of this 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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