. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC ART. 451 It lias been sng-f?este(I tliat certain of them of the plainer Idiid were twine twisters, handles for carrying parcels, or for tightening cords or lines. A Mohawk medicine woman declared them to be amulets or. Fig. 1U5. BIUU-SHAPED ( ?) OBJECT. Western New York. Cat. No. 322!i8, % natural .• charms to enable the witches to ferry themselves over streams of water, as the broomstick serves modern witches for fligh
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. PREHISTORIC ART. 451 It lias been sng-f?este(I tliat certain of them of the plainer Idiid were twine twisters, handles for carrying parcels, or for tightening cords or lines. A Mohawk medicine woman declared them to be amulets or. Fig. 1U5. BIUU-SHAPED ( ?) OBJECT. Western New York. Cat. No. 322!i8, % natural .• charms to enable the witches to ferry themselves over streams of water, as the broomstick serves modern witches for flight through the air. If this object should be lost, it was believed that her power of flight or. 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. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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