The Life of Primitive Woman 



1661 



Paper. — Skin dressing b}^ the primitive hunter's wife. Processes de- 

 scribed and explained. 



Paper. — Fur clothes for the hunter's children. Patterns, needles, and 

 sinews for making such clothes for Eskimo children. The Department 

 of Home Economics has a set of slides to illustrate this topic. They 

 can be borrowed by a Cornell study club if request is made to the 

 Department of Home Economics. 



STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 6 



The naturalness of using the skins of animals for clothes in cold countries. 

 Processes and skill required for curing skins in order to make leather 



and fur. 

 Knives of stone, thread of sinew, needles of bone, for cutting and sewing 



fur. 

 Use of leather for tents, parfleche cases, harnesses, and furniture. 

 Visualization of the duties of the hunter's wife from the time the game 



is shot until the skin is made into garments for the household. 



PROGRAM 7 



PRIMITIVE WOMAN AS POTTER AND DISH MAKER 



Roll call. — Members should respond by giving the name and the material 



of a dish for cooking or serving food that they consider necessary for 



comfortable and efficient housekeeping. 

 Paper. — The materials and processes necessary for making dishes and 



jars used by primitive women. 

 Demonstration. — Shapes, colors, and designs that have appeared in the 



pottery made by primitive women. The leader would do well to make 



colored charts, copying and enlarging colored plates given in reference 



books. 



Fig. 42. — Pottery made by women of American Indiaft tribes. 



right are from Peru 



The two pieces on the 



