PREHISTORIC ART. 



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It lias been sng-f?este(I tliat certain of them of the plainer Idiid were 

 twine twisters, handles for carrying parcels, or for tightening cords or 

 lines. A Mohawk medicine woman declared them to be amulets or 



Fig. 1U5. 



BIUU-SHAPED ( ?) OBJECT. 



Western New York. 



Cat. No. 322!i8, U.S.N.M. % natural .• 



charms to enable the witches to ferry themselves over streams of water, 

 as the broomstick serves modern witches for flight through the air. 

 If this object should be lost, it was believed that her power of flight or 



Fig. 106. 



BOAT-SHAPED OBJECT. 



Sterling, Connecticut. 



Cat. No. 17903, U.S.N.M. 3, natural she. 



passage was gone. Contrary to every possible usage of these objects 

 as boats, even as toys, they are all drilled and usually with two per- 

 forations. 



