![]() ![]() Brown and Muller (2015:Figure 8.4) describe this pictograph as a dot-in-circle image.īlankenship (2015:Figure 4.1) describes glyph 104 as "created by abrading patinated sandstone to create white graphic in conjunction with a line drawing in black." If this is true, then why was that technique used more widely? It appears to me as a thin wash of a pigment. ![]() Black spokes (recognized by Douglas Porter using dStretch filter ybk) radiate from the center to the edge and support the shield interpretation. I prefer the interpretation of a shield it is very close to the shield Catlin sketched in 1834 belonging to an Osage warrior named Tal-lee. Two possible identifications: the Sun or a war shield. Another possibility would be to use fish glue such as created by the Paiute (Kelly 1934:143) and Tlingit (Laguna 1972:416).Ĭave 1, Panel 2, Glyph 007. Navajo artisans boiled the horns of deer and edges of green hides to make glue (Hill 1939:145). White tailed deer, abundant in Missouri, were suitable to making glue. Dusenberry (1960:56) reported that the Assinibone made glue from the hooves, lips and thick hide from the forehead of a buffalo bull these parts were boiled with water to make a strong glue. Alternative adhesivse used by the Blackfoot was created from the tree sap of the Rock Mountain maple ( Acer labrum) or by a hide glue created by boiling the tail of a beaver (Hellson 1974:107 Ewer 1945:17). . Ewer (1958:75, 122) reports that the Blackfoot nation believed the very best glue was made from the phallus of a bison that would be cut into small pieces and boiled. ![]() A variety of substances, like turtle shells, could be boiled to make an organic glue. LaFlesche (1932:61, 214, 273) reported that the Osage created a glue/adhesive out of the turtle shells. The XRF does not give an answer to the question of what substance was used as a binder for the pigment to the walls of Picture Cave. Michael Fuller using the handheld Niton XRF to analyze the pigments in Cave 1. ![]()
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