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PUEBLO INDIAN DRILLING TURQUOISE
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COPYRIGHT BY FRED HARVEY
All the turquoise worn by the Southwestern
tribes in their wampum necklaces, ear-rings, etc.,
is drilled with a hand drill. It is believed that the
more primitive method of drilling was with a single
flint pointed stick, revolved between the hands, but
the drill illustrated, although very primitive, has
been used for centuries. Turquoise is the only stone
valued by the Indians and practically all of the
turquoise obtained by the various tribes has been
sold or traded to them by the Santo Domingo
Indians, near whose village the mines are. There
is no better turquoise in the world than that found
in this vicinity.
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