Shown are nine pipe drills that were collected from the Saxman site in Rice County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. Pipe drills, like all drills, were used to bore holes in softer materials than the drill material itself, such as soft stone. The pinkish color of one of the drills indicates that it had been heat treated to improve knapping quality of the chert. The Saxman site, a large Great Bend aspect village, was occupied by the ancestral Wichita.