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A very elaborate drill-socket; it is made of tulip wood, carved to represent the Thunderbird. It has eyes of green felspar cemented in with resin. The drill, 12 to 18 inches long and about 3/4 of an inch thick; it is roughly 8-sided so the thong will not slip, pointed at each end.
This is to tighten the thong by pressure of the hand against the disc while using. Simplest kind of drill-socket a pine or hemlock knot with a shallow hole or pit in it. 3a is under view of same. It is about 4-1/2 inches long. A more elaborate drill-socket a pebble cemented with gum in a wooden holder. 4a is under view of same.
The tools are bow and drill-socket; the sticks are drill and fire-board. The simplest kind of bow a bent stick with a stout leather thong fastened at each end. The stick must not spring. It is about 27 inches long and 5/8 inch thick. A more elaborate bow with a hole at each end for the thong. At the handle end it goes through a disc of wood.
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