﻿Vol.2] 
  THE 
  ATACAMENO 
  BENNETT 
  613 
  

  

  ated 
  with 
  the 
  spinning 
  and 
  weaving 
  arts 
  (pi. 
  134, 
  a-e). 
  3 
  These 
  in- 
  

   clude 
  such 
  standard 
  items 
  as 
  flat 
  weave 
  swords, 
  short 
  weave 
  daggers, 
  

   and 
  perforated, 
  pointed 
  needles 
  which 
  served 
  both 
  for 
  weaving 
  and 
  

   netting. 
  Simple 
  spindle 
  shafts 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  wooden 
  whorls 
  

   are 
  also 
  numerous. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  whorls 
  are 
  plain 
  or 
  incised 
  wooden 
  

   disks. 
  Others 
  have 
  been 
  elaborately 
  carved 
  to 
  represent 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  

   circles, 
  star 
  shapes, 
  rectangular 
  forms 
  with 
  projections, 
  and 
  the 
  like. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  whorls 
  are 
  elongated 
  into 
  a 
  curved 
  oval 
  shape, 
  similar 
  to 
  

   the 
  metal 
  and 
  bone 
  whorls 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Diaguita. 
  Decorated, 
  rec- 
  

   tangular 
  wooden 
  box 
  covers 
  with 
  holes 
  for 
  lashing 
  along 
  the 
  side 
  

   may 
  possibly 
  represent 
  the 
  covers 
  of 
  workbaskets 
  like 
  those 
  found 
  in 
  

   Perti. 
  The 
  rare 
  decorated 
  wooden 
  stamps 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  decorating 
  cloth. 
  Both 
  single-and 
  double- 
  

   edged 
  combs 
  are 
  characteristic 
  of 
  Atacameno, 
  with 
  some 
  evidence 
  

   that 
  the 
  single 
  edge 
  is 
  earlier 
  (pi. 
  134, 
  h, 
  i). 
  These 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   ornaments, 
  but 
  equally 
  likely 
  they 
  were 
  used 
  to 
  card 
  wool. 
  They 
  

   consist 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  flat 
  cane 
  or 
  thorn 
  spines 
  bound 
  with 
  decorative 
  

   thread 
  between 
  two 
  thin 
  rectangular 
  slabs. 
  

  

  Agricultural 
  implements. 
  — 
  Among 
  the 
  agricultural 
  implements 
  (pi. 
  

   131, 
  b-e) 
  are 
  plain, 
  hardwood 
  digging 
  sticks 
  and 
  several 
  types 
  of 
  

   wooden 
  shovels. 
  A 
  common 
  shovel 
  has 
  an 
  elongated 
  rounded 
  handle 
  

   and 
  an 
  oval 
  flat 
  blade, 
  and 
  is 
  cut 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  piece 
  of 
  wood. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  the 
  blade 
  has 
  an 
  attached 
  handle 
  grip 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  Wooden 
  

   handles 
  for 
  hafting 
  stone 
  hoes 
  and 
  shovels 
  are 
  numerous. 
  The 
  most 
  

   distinctive 
  agricultural 
  tool 
  is 
  a 
  heavy, 
  curved 
  wooden 
  knife 
  with 
  a 
  

   special 
  cut-out 
  handle 
  grip, 
  which 
  was 
  probably 
  used 
  for 
  breaking 
  up 
  

   large 
  clods 
  of 
  earth. 
  

  

  Weapons. 
  — 
  Wood 
  was 
  employed 
  for 
  making 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  hunting 
  

   and 
  fishing 
  gear, 
  such 
  as 
  bows, 
  arrow 
  points, 
  and 
  arrow 
  foreshafts 
  

   (pi. 
  131, 
  i-m). 
  Likewise, 
  the 
  harpoon 
  foreshafts 
  were 
  generally 
  of 
  

   this 
  material, 
  and, 
  rarely, 
  single-piece 
  fishhooks 
  were 
  carved 
  out. 
  

   For 
  warfare, 
  long 
  wooden 
  lances 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  and 
  also 
  wooden 
  

   knuckle-dusters, 
  both 
  with 
  and 
  without 
  projecting 
  points, 
  which 
  are 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  metal 
  specimens 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Diaguita. 
  

  

  * 
  Explanation 
  of 
  Plate 
  1S£: 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  artifacts, 
  North 
  Chile, 
  a, 
  Wooden 
  weaving 
  sword; 
  6, 
  spindle, 
  oval 
  wooden 
  weight; 
  c, 
  

   spindle, 
  conical 
  wooden 
  weight, 
  wool 
  yarn; 
  d, 
  spindle, 
  pottery 
  weight, 
  wool 
  yarn; 
  e, 
  bone 
  weaving 
  dagger;/, 
  

   leather 
  sandal, 
  associated 
  with 
  Arica 
  I 
  and 
  II 
  pottery; 
  g, 
  leather 
  sandal, 
  Late 
  Coastal 
  type 
  (historic?); 
  ft, 
  

   single-edged 
  comb, 
  associated 
  with 
  Pichalo 
  II 
  pottery; 
  i, 
  double-edged 
  comb, 
  associated 
  with 
  Arica 
  I 
  and 
  II 
  

   pottery; 
  j, 
  copper 
  knuckle 
  duster; 
  k, 
  copper 
  or 
  bronze 
  knife, 
  rush 
  wrapped 
  handle, 
  post-Spanish; 
  I, 
  copper 
  

   chisel 
  (?); 
  m, 
  mold 
  of 
  pottery 
  for 
  casting 
  copper, 
  designed 
  to 
  form 
  three 
  objects 
  at 
  one 
  time; 
  n, 
  wooden 
  frame 
  

   with 
  flat 
  leather 
  pouch 
  underneath; 
  o, 
  p, 
  flat 
  wooden 
  tablets 
  covered 
  with 
  leather, 
  unknown 
  use; 
  g, 
  cere- 
  

   monial 
  arrow, 
  with 
  padded 
  leather 
  end; 
  r, 
  ceremonial 
  object 
  of 
  leather 
  reinforced 
  with 
  wood, 
  teeth 
  of 
  cat 
  face 
  

   carved 
  from 
  bone; 
  «, 
  ceremonial 
  arrow 
  with 
  broken 
  shaft. 
  On 
  the 
  end 
  is 
  a 
  catlike 
  hand 
  of 
  leather 
  with 
  

   anterior 
  portion 
  of 
  small 
  cat 
  skull 
  inside, 
  the 
  teeth 
  exposed. 
  On 
  shaft 
  is 
  a 
  wooden 
  ball. 
  Specimens 
  b, 
  m, 
  n, 
  

   0-8, 
  from 
  Chiu-chiu; 
  a, 
  c, 
  d, 
  e, 
  I, 
  from 
  Cobija; 
  /, 
  t, 
  from 
  Pica 
  Valley; 
  g, 
  k, 
  from 
  Arica; 
  ft, 
  from 
  Lasana 
  near 
  

   Chuquicamata; 
  /, 
  from 
  Copiapo. 
  (Scale: 
  a 
  is 
  20 
  inches 
  (50.8 
  cm.) 
  long.) 
  (Courtesy 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History.) 
  

  

  