The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century : $b An ethnohistorical surveyMarten, Catherine
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The Wampanoags in the seventeenth century : $b An ethnohistorical survey
Marten, Catherine
Indians of North America -- New England -- History -- 17th century; Wampanoag Indians
FISHING SPEAR: shaft wood; point stone (quartz—usually white—or
slate) or metal—iron, copper, (Chapin, p. 3; Brereton, pp. 43-44;
Williams, p. 137; Bushnell, p. 675)
LONG SPEAR: carried into battle by a chief and used for carrying
back the heads of slain enemies; metal blade attached for point.
(Wood, p. 95; Gookin, p. 152, Lechford, p. 120)
KNIFE: handle antler; blade stone (quartz, flint, or slate)
or metal; hafted by insertion of the blade into sleeve cut in
handle; handle might be decorated by incised lines; two holes
drilled diagonally until they meet to form an opening provide for
suspending cord. (Willoughby, p. 239-40, illustrated; Chapin, p. 30)
HARPOON: used in fishing. (Wood, p. 100-101; Williams, p. 137)
GAMING PIECES: playing _Puim_; small reeds of about a foot long; 50
to 60 make up a set. (Wood, p. 83)
GAMING PIECES: playing _Hubbub_; bone dice, painted black on one
side, white on the other; sets of five. (Wood, p. 83)
GAMBLING TRAY: used in hubbub; carved and polished wood. (Wood, pp.
96-98)
BOWL OR DISH: eating stews, etc.; wood burls, including elm and
maple; well smoothed and polished, sometimes with handle carved to
represent animal. (Willoughby, p. 258; Mourt’s Relation, p. 144;
Morton, pp. 158-59; Bushnell, p. 675)
PAIL: carrying water; birch bark; square, bail-type handle, two to
three gallon capacity; made by “skillful folding” (probably sewn
together). (Gookin, p. 151)
HAND BASKET: use not stated; “made of crabshells wrought together”.
(Mourt’s Relation, p. 144)
CLAY POT: cooking; thin, about the same thickness as iron pots;
sizes quart to gallon. (Morton, p. 158; Mourt’s Relation, p. 144;
Wood, p. 75; Gookin p. 151)
STONE BOWLS: soapstone; with or without ears or handles; known
examples are rather rough of finish. (Chase, p. 900; Chapin, p. 15)
KETTLE: cooking; iron, brass, copper. (Wood, p. 75; Gookin, p. 151)
DRINKING CUPS: unworked shell (_Fulgur canaliculata_); copper,
broad and shallow (“skull-shaped”). (Willoughby, pp. 237-39;
Brereton, pp. 43-44)
BOX: birch bark. (Bushnell, p. 675)
HOE: cultivating and preparing gardens; wood and clamshell.
(Williams, p. 176; Wood, p. 87; Howe, pp. 116-17)
SPOON: eating stews, etc.; Wood (burls of elm, maple, or other),
finely finished, handle often elaborately carved in openwork or
other ornamental figures; Bone (one example), U-shaped, 104 × 41
mm, three small perforations in flat end for hafting; Deer antler;
Sheet copper and brass (Willoughby, pp. 237-39, 258; Bushnell, pp.
675, 683-4; Gookin, p. 151)
LADLE: burl of elm, maple, or other. (Willoughby, p. 258; Gookin,
p. 151)
SNOWSHOES: round, “bearpaw” type, rectangular weaving[B]; three
crossbars; netting attached to frame by wrapping. The toe hole,
characteristic of most North American snowshoes, is lacking.
(Davidson, pp. 31-2, 96)
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