Quantcast
  Due to a new server, slow response may occur for which we apologize Portal logo
Login/Register
Bactrian Gold Treasure from Afghanistan, coming soon....
/gemstones/kunz_gems_and_precious_stones/page_335 - 2
 

Ch. 15: Aboriginal Lapidarian Work in North America

Ch. 15: Aboriginal Lapidarian Work in North America Page of 364 Ch. 15: Aboriginal Lapidarian Work in North America Text size:minus plus Restore normal size   Mail page  Print this page
UNITED STATES, CANADA AND MEXICO
307
Another method of arrow-making practised by the Califor­nia tribes is mentioned by Edward E. Chever in an article' in which is illustrated the implement used in the process. " The arrow-head," he says, " is held in the left hand, while the nick in the side of the tool is used as a nipper to chip off small frag­ments. This operation is very curious, both the holder and the striker singing, and the strokes of the mallet, given exactly in time
with the music, and with a sharp and rebounding blow, in which, the Indians tell us, is the great medicine (or mystery) of the opera­tion. Every tribe has its factory in which these arrow-heads are made, and in those only certain adepts are able or allowed to make them for the use of the tribe."
Arrow-heads of glass, flint, obsidian, or similar substances
1 American Naturalist, vol. 4, p. 139, May, 1870.
Ch. 15: Aboriginal Lapidarian Work in North America Page of 364 Ch. 15: Aboriginal Lapidarian Work in North America
Suggested Illustrations
Other Chapters you may find useful
Other Books on this topic
bullet Tag
This Page