USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The use of bone and related materials, including antler, ivory, horn, whalebone, turtle-shell, and the teeth, hoofs, beaks, and claws of many creatures, was almost universal among Indian tribes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bone and Antler Bones obtained from animals like deer, elk, and bison were modified to create a variety of tools: beamers for scraping animal hides, awls for sewing, needles for making reed mats, and wrenches for straightening arrow shafts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bone was fashioned into tools such as spoons, knives, awls, pins, fish hooks, needles, flakers, hide scrapers and reamers. They made musical rasps, flutes and whistles as well as toys of bone. Decoratively carved articles were also made of bone such as hair combs, hair pins and pendants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Women often made woven baskets for gathering food, nets of fibers for fishing and hunting rabbits, and pottery out of natural materials. Men made grinding stones, bows and arrows, knives and shields, also out of natural materials.