. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . riod, combs were undoubted-ly made, not of high quality it may be admitted, but possessing allthat was required for the disentanglement of shaggy or matted locks. Shortly after the appearance of our last report Prof. Petrie, thecelebrated Egyptologist, was good enough to write as follows : University College, London, Sir,-—On reading your interesting report of 1903, I can atonce answer your debate as to the possibility of the bone combs, to 50, having been made without■ steel tools. They are veryclosely like the prehistoric Egyptian
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . riod, combs were undoubted-ly made, not of high quality it may be admitted, but possessing allthat was required for the disentanglement of shaggy or matted locks. Shortly after the appearance of our last report Prof. Petrie, thecelebrated Egyptologist, was good enough to write as follows : University College, London, Sir,-—On reading your interesting report of 1903, I can atonce answer your debate as to the possibility of the bone combs, to 50, having been made without■ steel tools. They are veryclosely like the prehistoric Egyptian combs, made when copper waascarce and little worked, and no other working metal known; it iscertain that flint must have been the tool material. I add some out-lines for you to compare, only dont set off some wiseacres provingthat the Amerinds came from Egypt, 6000 B. C. ! Yours sincerely,Wm. Flinders Petrie. Figures 44 to 46 are reproductions of Mr. Petries outlines, andone cannot help seeing the resemblance they bear to the shapes of.
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