Bison Bone Rasp from the Crandall Site, 14RC420

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Bison Bone Rasp from the Crandall Site, 14RC420

This rasp was excavated from the Crandall site in Rice County during the 1983 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The Crandall site is a Little River focus Great Bend aspect (protohistoric Wichita) habitation site. The rasp was made by cutting grooves into a bison rib. At some point, the rasp was broken into two pieces. Archeologists believe that artifacts like these could have been used as musical instruments by drawing a stick across the grooves.

Date: 1500 CE-1800