Tools fashioned from animal bones. The one on the left is a bison scapula (shoulder bone) apparently used as a digging tool. The pointed bones and antlers were used for stone-tool making, basket weaving, and sewing. The deer mandible (jaw) at the bottom is polished from contact with plants - perhaps it was used to strip seeds from grasses. From the ANRA-NPS collections at TARL.
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