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  • Resource Database / Crafts & Indigenous Skills / Stone & Tools / Bone, Antler, Horn and Ivory

    Resources: 6 listings
    Name and Description Nation Location
    Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Bone and Antler Work
      Europe & Russia
    Bone and antler were widely used in the Saxon period, often for jobs for which we now use plastics. Quite a lot of bone and antler objects have survived, partly because it was widely used, but also due to the fact that it survives well in the ground.
    Bone flutes and whistles of New York
      US - Northeast
    The following is a reprint from the World Flutes Forum of the International Native American Flute Association newsletter. Volume 4, 2000. Flutes and whistles from the Lamoka Lake and the Frontenac Island cultures are observed, measured, reproduced, and played upon.
    Bone Tool Replicas
       
    Combs, needles, dice, and other tools.
    Bone Tools
      US - Central
    Series in Ancient Technologies. Ancient Iowans used many kinds of animal bones as raw material for tools. Along with artifacts of stone, shell, and wood, bone implements were an important part of many tool kits.
    Horn Dyeing - Mad Monk
       
    Man has long used mineral pigment dyes as a means of coloring goods made from various animal proteins. In addition to being decorative, the mineral pigment dyes also provide varying degrees of protection against attack by insects or bacteria. The mineral pigment dyes are both decorative and protective. While the mineral pigment dyes were used on cellulose-based goods, it was on protein-based goods where they were at their greatest value. Animal proteins used by man include; leather, fur, horns, silk, wool, bone and antler. Hides, leather, horn, silk and wool are all food sources for a wide number of animals and microbes.
    Oneida Indian Nation - Carvings
    Oneida US - Northeast
    Wolf Antler Carving / Pipe / War Club / Antler Carving




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