. Studies in primitive looms. 04 \i -i* \\j i/7. specimen the teeth are apparently slightly more varied in shape, but owing to threeof them having been broken off it is not possible to say anything as to their originallength. They are both very rough on the concave side due to the exposure of the 132 H. Ling Both.—Studies in Primitive Looms. spongy interior portion of the bone of which they are made. The ornamentationis crude, consisting of crossed lines, etc., and the common circled dot. E. T. Stevens, in referring to the collection of this class of tool from the High-field Pit Dwelling, Sali
. Studies in primitive looms. 04 \i -i* \\j i/7. specimen the teeth are apparently slightly more varied in shape, but owing to threeof them having been broken off it is not possible to say anything as to their originallength. They are both very rough on the concave side due to the exposure of the 132 H. Ling Both.—Studies in Primitive Looms. spongy interior portion of the bone of which they are made. The ornamentationis crude, consisting of crossed lines, etc., and the common circled dot. E. T. Stevens, in referring to the collection of this class of tool from the High-field Pit Dwelling, Salisbury, now in the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, speaks ofthem as bone and horn (red deers antler) combs, and says regarding them : These implements closely resemble some in recent use by the Esquimaux forscraping fat, etc., from the backs of skins. The Esquimaux tools are made of wood,with the sharp claws of birds lashed to them. In the Christy Museum there areexamples of these ; in the same collection there is a Basuto tool used for a similar
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