[Illustration: Fig. 169.--Bone Bodkin, from the Lacustrine Habitations of Switzerland.] [Illustration: Fig. 170.--Carpenter's Chisel, from the Lacustrine Habitations of Switzerland.] [Illustration: Fig. 171.--Bone Needle.] It is probable that, as during the reindeer epoch, garments were sewn by means of the needle and the bodkin, the latter piercing the holes through which the needle passed the thread. That kind of needle which has a hole in the middle and is pointed at the two ends, which is found in large numbers in the lacustrine settlements, must doubtless have been used as a hook for fishing. When the fish had swallowed the bait, the two points stuck into the flesh, and it was then easy to pull out the captive. Some of these fish-hooks are carved out of boars' tusks. Stag's horn was likewise employed for several other purposes. A kind of pick-axe was sometimes made of it (fig. 172); also harpoons (fig. 173), harpoons with a double row of barbs (fig. 174), and small cups of conical shape (fig. 175), perforated with a hole in the upper part so that they could be suspended if required. [Illustration: Fig. 172.--Pick-axe of Stag's Horn.] [Illustration: Fig. 173.--Harpoon made of Stag's Horn, from the Lacustrine Habitations of Switzerland.] [Illustration: Fig. 174.--Harpoon made of Stag's Horn, from the Lacustrine Habitations of Switzerland.] [Illustration: Fig. 175.--Vessel made of Stag's Horn.] The taste for personal adornment was not foreign to the nature of the primitive people of Switzerland. Canine teeth and incisors of various animals, rings and beads made of bone or stag's horn, all united in a necklace, formed one of their most usual adornments. They also made use of hair-pins and bone combs. These pins were finished off with a knob, and combined elegance and simplicity in their shape; they would, indeed, be no disfigurement to the _coiffure_ of the women of modern times. Such were the instruments, utensils and tools, used for the purpose of domestic life, which have been found in the lacustrine habitations of Switzerland belonging to the Stone Age. We will now pass on to the objects of the same character, peculiar to the bronze epoch. The quantity of bronze objects which, up to the present time, have been collected from the Swiss lakes is very considerable. The finest collection in the country, that of Colonel Schwab, contained in 1867, according to a catalogue drawn up by Dr. Keller, no less than 4346 specimens. Most of these objects have been cast in moulds, as is evident from the seams, the traces of which may be observed on several of the specimens.