Road Trip
A Visit to The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
August 2001
These tools were used in various stages of hide preparation, including cleaning, scraping, stretching, and sewing. 
(all objects 1150-1450 AD, unless noted.)

Stake
1620-1690 AD
Made from the horn of a Longhorn steer, it was probably used to anchor a hide for cleaning or scraping.
Kent County, excavations conducted by Prewitt and Associates, under Antiquities Permit #954, Museum of Texas Tech, Lubbock

Bone Awl, Side Scraper, End Scraper, Flake Drill
Potter County, excavated under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), 
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon

Bone Needle
Blanco Canyon site, Wayne J. Parker Collection, 
Crosby County Memorial Museum, Crosbyton

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