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Catalogue of objects used by a prehistoric people in what is now Douglas and Sarpy counties, Nebraska - secured through exploration work of the Robert F. Gilder archeological survey of 1907 to 1912 (14773423815)

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Catalogue of objects used by a prehistoric people in what is now Douglas and Sarpy counties, Nebraska - secured through exploration work of the Robert F. Gilder archeological survey of 1907 to 1912 (14773423815)

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Title: Catalogue of objects used by a prehistoric people in what is now Douglas and Sarpy counties, Nebraska : secured through exploration work of the Robert F. Gilder archeological survey of 1907 to 1912
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Gilder, Robert F Omaha Public Library. Museum
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America Prehistoric peoples
Publisher: Omaha : Chase Pub. Co. Press
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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(86aa, 89a, 90a, 93f—Actual size. Central object shows method ofmaking fishhook from split bone. Hook partly formed and notchcut at outside edge of elbow ready to break off.) 11 156ii. Stone pipe. 157gg. Shell gorget of unusual pattern, (uiiio). 158nn. Fish carved out of unio shell. 159t. Unio shells perforated at the hinge. (This pair of shellswas found side by side and are evidently from the sam€fish. The perforation suggests that they were tied togetherand when fastened to the ankle of a person would jingle.They also suggest the origin of the bell). 160v, 161x. Stone pendants. 162cc, 163qq, 164a, 165j. Fish carved out of unio shell. 166d, 16711, 168hh, 169j, 170u. Shell pendants, (unio). 171x, 172x. Shell disc beads, (unio). 173a. Tooth of quadruped.

Bone carving encompasses the acts of creating art, tools, and other goods by carving animal bones, antlers, and horns. It can result in the ornamentation of a bone or the creation of a distinct object. Bone carving has been practiced by a variety of world cultures, sometimes as a cheaper, and recently a legal, substitute for ivory carving. It was important in prehistoric art, with notable figures like the Swimming Reindeer, made of antler, and many of the Venus figurines.

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