Fig. 44.—Laibach. All 1⁄4 real size.
3. The tynes of deer-horns were converted into coarse needles ([Fig. 42], No. 13), and used probably in the manufacture of nets. Over a score of these implements have been collected.
4. A few finely-polished objects like hooks are supposed to have been used as dress-fasteners or buckles (Nos. 6 and 16).
5. Another set of curious objects (No. 7), of which about a score have been collected, is supposed by Dr. Deschmann to have been used as artificial bait to catch large fish, just as we at the present day use an imitation minnow. They are made of the tynes of deer-horns, and vary in length from 2 to 5 inches.
6. About a dozen or so of very sharp and finely-polished needles made from the superficial lamina of a rib. The eye, which is at one end, is either round or elongated (No. 15.)
7. Several hollow bones (some of the wild swan), open at both ends, and varying in length from 5 to 10 inches, have marks inside, as if made by the friction of running threads. They are supposed to have been used in the preparation of thread, and hence go under the name of "Zwirndreher."
8. Some flat portions of the horns of the elk and the underjaws of oxen, minus their teeth, were used as polishers.