. Bulletin. Ethnology. ] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 399 moccasins. The use of the clamshell as an implement for skinning buffalo may have had its origin in som(^ emergency. Plate 67 shows a clamshell which was said to have been used for that purpose, with the case in which it was carried. The size of the shell indicates that it was fomid at some distance from the territory of the Sioux, while the shts at the top of the case show that it was attached to the belt of the owner. This specimen was purchased from the mother of Eagle. Fig. 32. Apparatus for cooking meat without a kettle. Shield, who
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 399 moccasins. The use of the clamshell as an implement for skinning buffalo may have had its origin in som(^ emergency. Plate 67 shows a clamshell which was said to have been used for that purpose, with the case in which it was carried. The size of the shell indicates that it was fomid at some distance from the territory of the Sioux, while the shts at the top of the case show that it was attached to the belt of the owner. This specimen was purchased from the mother of Eagle. Fig. 32. Apparatus for cooking meat without a kettle. Shield, who was a very old woman. Plate 67 shows also a skinning knife made of the shoulder blade of a buffalo, the handle being wound with buffalo hide. The wounded man wanted soup, but the party carried no utensil large enough for boiling meat. Eagle Shield, re- membering, however, that his grandfather told liim how the warriors of his day cooked meat in the stomach casing of the slain animal, resolved to try the experiment. The casing, suspended on a tripod, was filled with water in which heated stones were placed. (See fig. 32.). 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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