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scraped; one end is carefully cut, the other shows the original break 
and still retains some of the outer bark. 
Fire pokers (?) (pl. 84, 3’, 4) ; these are both te of peeled 
sticks whose ends are pointed and somewhat hardened by fire. 
Flat-pointed sticks (pl. 84, 14, 15); these again are fragmentary. 
Their ends are brought to flat points which show the polish of long 
use. One of them is broken off roughly; the other was partly sawed 
through, apparently with a flint flake, before breaking. 
Sticks tied together (pl. 84, 13). Two twigs fastened to each other 
by a sinew binding about their middles. One end of each is cut off 
square and further finished by rubbings the other is rough. 
Spindle shaft (?) (pl. 84, 17); this is a fragment of a well-made, 
tapering implement with a sharp point, much like the spindle shafts 
of the Cliff-dwellers. We found no spindle whorls of wood or of 
any other material. 
Problematical object (pl. 84, 9, and fig. 92); a stick five-eighths 
inch in diameter and 24 inches long, 
from which the bark has been re- 
moved, one end whittled to a sharp 
point, the other hacked off round 
and a trifle “ burred”. This may be 
a rough awl-like implement or possibly a bunt head for an atlatl dart. 
Short pointed sticks (pl. 84, 5-8, 16). These are peeled twigs, 
mostly of greasewood, with carelessly sharpened ends; they range in 
length from 3 inches to 54 inches. They are the only objects from 
the Basket Maker caves which even remotely resemble arrow fore- 
shafts, but as all other evidence of the use of the bow and arrow is 
lacking, they should probably not be recognized as such. 
Bent twig (pl. 84, 11). The shape is shown by the illustration. 
One end appears to have been broken off by twisting, the other by 
pulling the branch from the tree. A strand of yucca fiber is tied 
across the crook. Except for some wear or battering at the bend the 
object is unworked. The specimen is not unlike several of the “ crook 
pahos” figured by Hough? from the upper Gila, but in this case 
some utilitarian purpose seems more likely. 
Longitudinally bored sticks. 'There are two examples of this type. 
The larger (pl. 84,3) is 8 inches long and five-eighths inch in diame- 
ter. It is drilled completely through, the holes having been made 
from either end and meeting in the middle, where they show a conical 
cross section. The boring is very neatly done and, save at the middle, 
there is left so thin a shell of the outer wood that the piece, which 
is really a peeled twig, has the weight and appearance of a hollow 
reed. One end exhibits faint traces of yellow paint, the other is 
stained dark. The smaller specimen (pl. 84, 24) is 37% inches long, 
Fie. 92.—Wooden awl (7). 
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