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V23272--Evolution of the Sickle and Flail--33--Horse harvester at Walla Walla, Washington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white stereograph slide of a horse harvester in Walla Walla, Washington.
Iron Hoe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This iron hoe was used by the Kickapoo in the cultivation of food.
Iron Arrow Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The iron point was a trade item obtained from white traders.
Chert knife
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a chert knife used by the Archaic Indians. It was found in Bloomington Cemetery.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This projectile point was used by the Woodland Indians for hunting. It is rounded at the bottom with no notches.
Knife Blade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This knife blade was a common tool used by the Kickapoo. It was made of iron.
Atl-atl weight
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The atl-atl weight was a spear thrower used by the Archaic Indians for hunting animals. It was made of stone. Archaic Indians also supplemented their food supply by gathering nuts, berries, herbs and roots.
Corn Knife
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The corn knife, about 18 inches long, was often hammered from available scrap metal.
Stalk Rake
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This 19th century stalk rake was used to remove stalks in the field from the previous year's corn.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This wide projectile point has two distinct notches on either side. It was used by the Woodland Indians for hunting.
Trade Axe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This trade axe was manufactured by white settlers and traded to the Kickapoo.
Walton Plow Shop
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The Walton Plow Shop manufactured plows and farm implements in downtown Bloomington from 1857 to the 1890s.
Reaping Hook or Sickle
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The sickle was used to cut the grain during the harvesting process. It was then threshed with a wooden flail and cleaned by tossing it into the air with a fork.
Bone Awls
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Bone awls were commonly used by the Mississippian Indians. They were used to punch holes in skins, clay, etc. They were commonly made of turkey leg bone.
Lost Lake' Chert Blade
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is a blade used by the Archaic Indians. Made of chert, it has a notch on either side.
Gun Cock
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This iron gun cock was obtained by the Kickapoo from white traders.
Stone celt (ungrooved axe)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This is an ungrooved axe made of stone. It was used by the Woodland Indians. They often used them for girdling trees.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This projectile point is light in color. It is notched near the base. It was used by Woodland Indians for hunting.
Sona-Mag Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sona-Mag continues to produce tape units such as this one. They also produced electronic equipment for airports.
Chert Hoe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This chert hoe was used by Woodland Indians for farming. Woodland Indians grew corn, beans and squash, and hunted buffalo and deer. Chert is a very fine grained rock which can be shaped into arrowheads and points by chipping.
Flail (harvesting)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This wooden flail was used during harvesting to thresh grain.
Wooden Pitchfork
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This type of wooden pitchfork was commonly used on farms throughout McLean County, Illinois.
Projectile Point
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This projectile point is dark in color. It is slightly notched near the base. It was used by Woodland Indians for hunting.
Mussel Shell Hoe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This mussel shell hoe was used in the cultivation of corn, beans and squash by the Mississippian Indians.
Scissors
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)These iron scissors were manufactured by white settlers and traded with the Kickapoo.
Foucault's Pendulum
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)the apparent movement of plane of swing is ten degrees per hour.
Clay Pot
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This clay pot was used by the Mississippian Indians. An important use was food storage.
Madison' Projectile Points
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Four small to medium-sized thin triangular arrowheads. The points are usually like isosceles triangles in shape, or more rarely, equilateral triangles.
Grooved axe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The grooved axe was a tool used by the Archaic Indians. It was made of stone.
Screwdriver
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Hand made screwdriver with 5" oval handle. Painted black with a twisted head. 13" long.
Gun Lock Plate
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This gun lock plate is made of iron. It was a trade item - white settlers traded the gun plate to the Kickapoo.
Cradle or 'turkey wing' scythe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The cradle, or "turkey wing", was used during harvest to cut grain.

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