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Post by badgirlpinto on Jun 7, 2011 17:00:52 GMT -5
Mine pale in comparrison with some I have seen, but I enjoyed making them and are pleased with how they came out. Yurok elk horn purses such as these, were carried by the Yurok men when they traveled inland to trade. Traditionally the purse was made specifically for carrying dentallium shells in. Some old photos show very intricate scribing of the horn as well as of the shells. Marvin Pinto tells me that in the Ol days, each shell was scribed as well as wrapped in very thin strips of a small green snake called a Money Snake. Also a tiny tuft of red wood pecker feather stuck from the ends of them. The longest of these is six inches and the smallest about three.
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Jun 7, 2011 21:05:38 GMT -5
du you drill them out your self?How thin are the sides?
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Post by badgirlpinto on Jun 29, 2011 15:17:34 GMT -5
HI Co,,,, yes I drilled them out myself. I marked where I wanted the opening to be, just a slit, then drilled numerous holes as close to one another as I could, then used a screw driver to join the holes. this is all done after two days of soaking the horn. After I get the holes joined then I use a triangular file to shape the opening. then I have a screwdriver that the tip has been bent to a 90 degree angle which I use to dig out the marrow. Thickness varies, but ideall I try to ge thtem less than a quarter inch thick.
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Post by ThunderMoon on Jun 30, 2011 21:09:12 GMT -5
I want one
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