. Bulletin. Ethnology. steward] CAVES OF GREAT SALT LAKE REGION 27 Specimen from Cave Xo. 5.—11514 (fig. 9, I), made from leg bone of mam- mal, with joint remaining at butt end; length, oTi"- Flaking tools.—A number of bone implements, shaped like awls but with blunt points, were presumably used for flaking flint. Specimens from Cave No. 1.—11576-3 (fig. 0, c), splinter of leg bone of large mammal; length, 514": point blunt: polished all over. 10520 (fig. 8. Ic),. Figure 9.—Bone awls and points. splinter of leg bone of large mammal; length, 3%"; more or less squarish, 14" s
. Bulletin. Ethnology. steward] CAVES OF GREAT SALT LAKE REGION 27 Specimen from Cave Xo. 5.—11514 (fig. 9, I), made from leg bone of mam- mal, with joint remaining at butt end; length, oTi"- Flaking tools.—A number of bone implements, shaped like awls but with blunt points, were presumably used for flaking flint. Specimens from Cave No. 1.—11576-3 (fig. 0, c), splinter of leg bone of large mammal; length, 514": point blunt: polished all over. 10520 (fig. 8. Ic),. Figure 9.—Bone awls and points. splinter of leg bone of large mammal; length, 3%"; more or less squarish, 14" square; point is blunt (too blunt for awl) ; butt is rounded; polished all over and burned. 10291, fragment worked from the leg bone of a large mammal; marks on its blunt point suggest use as a flaking tool. 11579-1, a fragment of a large bone 5%" long; irregularly cut and shows wear over all edges; sharpened to a blunt point. Miscellaneous objects of bone from Cave No. 1.—10510 (fig. 8. h) is a hollow bone, 2" long, %" diameter, having one end cut square. 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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