 Secondly, and this does not show well in the illustration, the chipping tool is so turned on its axis that the plane of its cutting edge meets the plane of the flake to be worked at nearly, if not quite, a right angle. That this turn of the chipping tool...  Flint Working by Ishi - Page 401by Nels Christian Nelson - 1916 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Henry Holmes - America - 1919 - 412 pages
...tool is necessary, or at least deliberate, is certain, because Ishi employs it invariably in the later stages. * * * Not having experimented very much, I...Ishi proceeds as he does, but he gets results which I can not imitate, try as I will. Ishi removes thin and fairly slender chips that extend two-thirds or... | |
 | William Henry Holmes - America - 1919 - 412 pages
...tool is necessary, or at least deliberate, is certain, because Ishi employs it invariably in the later stages. * * * Not having experimented very much, I am unable to say why Ishl proceeds as he does, but he gets results which I can not imitate, try as I will. Ishl removes... | |
 | Robert F. Heizer, Theodora Kroeber - History - 1979 - 258 pages
...assumes a new pose. The actual disposition of flake and tool is indicated in the detail views of PI. 2. The flake to be worked will be observed resting on...removes thin and fairly slender chips that extend two thirds or more across the face of the flake, while my chips are thick and short. Consequently his... | |
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