Notes and queries on anthropology / edited for the Council of the Anthropological Institute by John George Garson, M.D. and Charles Hercules Read, F.S.A.

Date:
1892
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    so on what occasions, and in svhat manner is it applied ? {See Tattooing, No. III.) 15. What are the colours used for these purposes ? and with what ingredients are they mixed ? 16. Is any colour regarded as especially sacred, and reserved for sacred purposes ? No. XIII.—STONE IMPLEMENTS. The study of the stone implements of modern savages is of interest as a means of explaining the uses and mode of fabri- cating those of prehistoric times. 1. What is the mode of cutting stone when metal is not employed 1 is sand-string or another stone employed for this purpose ? la. Is heat employed to break up large pieces ? 2. In what manner are holes bored in stone, and with what materials i 3. Describe the mode of grinding or polishing the surfaces ; and of what materials are the rubbers employed for this purpose ? 4. Describe the implements used in flaking, and the mode of holding the stones whilst flaking them. 5. What means are taken to procure long thin flakes ? are the stones pressed against the thigh whilst flaking them, or are they bound round tightly so as to increase the line of least re- sistance to the blow of the flaker ? 6. What are the uses of the diff'erent forms of stone implements employed ? 7. In what manner are they hafted ? and with what materials are they bound on to their handles ? 8. What materials are employed for the different kinds of stone implements ? and where are they procured ? 9. What length of time do they take in fabricating the several implements ? 10. How long do they continue in use ? 11. What becomes of them when they are disused ? 12. Are any of them u?ed in the hand without handles? ]3. Note and describe the efi'ect of wear upon their edges, and the marks of abrasion where the handles have been fastened on ; and observe the manner in which these marks are produced. 14. Note thelengtli of time taken