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Making Primitive Stone Tools - DVD ONF/NFB


Catalogue Number:  NFB527583
Producer:  National Film Board Of Canada
Producers:  Tom Daly
Directors:  Douglas Leechman
Producing Agencies:  National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject:  Archaeology, Arts, Canadian History, Documentary, First Nations Studies, History, Indigenous Peoples, Tech/Voc
Language:  English
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  1950
Running Time:  11:00


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A demonstration of the method of chipping stones employed by Indigenous peoples to fashion tools and knives. An authority on Indigenous crafts selects from the bank of a British Columbia river typical stones used to make arrowheads, axes, knives and skin scrapers, and proceeds to show how this was done. Illustrations show the careful manipulation required to achieve a blade of the desired sharpness and strength.



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