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the case with serviceable digging sticks. Conjecture 

 might identify this as the oak staff or cane of some 

 venerable villager. 



Staves, — What seems unquestionably a walking stick 

 is that illustrated in Plate 34, 2. Except for smooth- 

 ing a few knots and trimming the two ends, no 

 specialization is evident. The stick is cottonwood; 

 its grip is worn and the lesser end rounded and 

 abraded. Fragments of a like staff (312327) show a 

 hole drilled transversely through the handle and, at 

 the opposite extreme, the asymmetric wear such as 

 one frequently notes on canes used by elders. 



A third cottonwood staff (pi. 34, 3; fig. 8) differs 

 from those just considered in that its lower end is 

 circled by 14 incised grooves. Some of these were 



Mk 



cc 



Figure 8. — Carved 



END OP COTTON- FIGURE 9. D B- FIGURE 10. ARROW FIGURE 11. SmALL 



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