Sunday, October 26, 2008

Tools and Implements

Arctic

(top to bottom) Atlatl for throwing bird dart, bird dart, gaff for retrieving seals to the qayaq, slate backed lance for killing seals.


Two styles of arctic fish spears (pakivak)


Atlatl ready to throw bird dart from a qayaq to snag low flying geese.


Various arctic flint carving tools for wood and antler work.


Various arctic tools for sewing, hide scraping, wood carving and drilling.


Arctic stone bladed adze, sinew twisting tools and bow drill.

Hafted flint tools. ( left to right) hide scraper, wood side scraper, micro.

Dene bow of birch wood and babicke.
Copy of 10,000 year old clovis spear point hafted on wood with birch pitch and sinew.


Inuvialuit one piece "D" type sinew backed bow, bow drill, adze and tool case.


Plains
Flint knaping (flaking) kit, needle case and various hafted flint scrapers.


Sinew backed (glued) chokecherry bow, dogwood arrow, hafted groved maul, hafted endscraper, leg bone flesher and parflaske tool bag.

Hafted grooved maul, flint scraper, hafted on antler handle, flint knife and leg bone flesher.

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