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What type of tools did the Osage Indians have?

Axes: Hatchet-like axe with a thick blade and a curved handle.

Awls: Bone or metal piercing tool with a sharp point for drilling holes in wood, leather, and other materials.

Baskets: Made from strips of wood or bark tightly interwoven in various patterns.

Blowguns: Long tubular weapon used to shoot darts.

Bows and arrows: For hunting and warfare.

Canoes: Made from hollowed logs or bark.

Clothing: Made from animal skins or woven plant fibers such as cotton.

Corn grinders: Stone tools, commonly consisting of a fixed lower stone (metate) and a mobile upper stone (mano) used to grind corn and other grains.

Dibbles: Wooden sticks used for making holes for planting seeds.

Drums: Made from hollow logs or animal skin stretched over a wooden frame.

Fishing hooks: Made from bone or wood, often barbed.

Knives: Made from chipped flint or other sharp materials.

Mortars and pestles: Stone tools for grinding or pounding various materials.

Pottery: Made from clay fired at high temperatures.

Scrapers: Stone tools with a sharp edge, used for scraping and smoothing surfaces.

Sling: A simple rope or thong with a cradle in the middle, used for throwing rocks or other projectiles.

Spears: Long wooden poles with sharp bone or flint points, used for hunting and fishing.

Traps: Made from wood or animal skins to capture animals.

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