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Flintknapper's Hide Palm

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Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan

Description: "Flintknappers' palm" - Double thick stitched hide used to protect the palm of the hand from injury when producing stone tools.

Dimensions: Unknown.

Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 626).