They are all made on a uniform plan. The body, _i.e._ the portion
containing the teeth, consists of three or four flat pieces kept in
position by two transverse bands of bone, one on each side, and
riveted together by three or four iron rivets. The comb represented by
Fig. 217 has its body made of four portions, but only three rivets.
The ornamentation is alike on both sides, and at one end there is a
small hole, probably for attaching it to a string. It is 3-1/2 inches
long and 2-1/4 inches broad. That figured next (Fig. 218) has the same
breadth as the former, but not quite the same length, being only 3
inches long. The ornamentation is similar on both sides.
From slight cuts on the cross bars, corresponding to the intervals
between the teeth, it is manifest that the teeth in both these combs
were formed by a saw, after the pieces were riveted together.
The third comb here engraved (Fig. 219) is in a somewhat fragmentary
condition, but when whole it would be about 4 inches long. The body
was made up of four portions, and contained four iron rivets. Its
ornamentation consists of a central dot, surrounded by two incised
circles, and is alike on both sides. The similarity of the concentric
circles induces me to believe that they must have been formed by a die,
probably branded on with a hot iron.
Some other fragments of similar combs were found, representing at least
three additional combs, with teeth rather finer than those in the
illustrations.
III. OBJECTS MADE OF HORN.
Several portions of deer horns, consisting of tines and thick
portions of the body of the horn, together with a few of the
roe-deer, presenting sometimes marks of a saw and sometimes those of
a sharp-cutting tool, were found in the refuse-heap. The few worked
objects I have to record were all made from horns of the former animal.
One large antler, having portion of the skull attached to it, and the
entire lateral half of the skull of a roe-deer with the horn still
adherent, show that the horns were not shed ones, but those of animals
actually caught and killed. The manufactured implements consist of a
few pointed objects, and one or two handles, apparently for knives.
Fig. 220 represents a highly polished dagger-like implement, measuring
7-1/2 inches long. Another, of about the same size, is coarsely cut
out of the side of a large horn (Fig. 221). A small pointed object is
figured among the bone pins (see Fig. 207).
[Illustration: Fig. 220. Implement of Horn (1/2).]
[Illustration: Fig. 221. Horn (1/2).]
[Illustration: Fig. 222. Knife-Handle (1/2).]
_Knife-Handles._--One of the handles is well made, having the rough
surface removed with a sharp-cutting instrument. It is 4 inches long
(Fig. 222). Another is only 3 inches long, and has a notch at one end.
IV. OBJECTS OF WOOD.
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