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The Later Cave-Men · Katharine Elizabeth Dopp — chapter 5 of 51 · ~206 words · public domain

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A Cave-man's baton, engraved 149

An Eskimo drawing of reindeer caught in snares 151

"A piece of sandstone for flattening seams" 152

A reindeer snare 152

Three views of a Cave-man's spearhead 154

"It was during this time that the Bison clan learned to use the throwing-stick" 155

Harpoons with several barbs 156

A bone awl 157

A bone pin 157

A large bone needle 157

A bone from which the Cave-men have sawed out slender rods for needles 158

A piece of sandstone used by the Cave-men in making needles 158

A flint comb used in rounding and polishing needles 158

A flint saw used in making needles of bone 158

A short needle of bone 159

A flint comb used in shredding fibers 159

A long fine needle of bone 159

Two views of a curved bone tool 160

A Cave-man's engraving of two herds of wild horses 162

A Cave-man's carving of horses' heads 163

A Cave-man's engraving of a reindeer 163

Harpoons of reindeer antler 166

A flint harpoon with one barb 167

A spoon-shaped stone 167

A baby's hood 169

"In summer he played in the basket cradle" 169

First step in coiled basketry 170

Second step in coiled basketry 170

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