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. 2023 Dec 16;65(6):525–539. doi: 10.1007/s10329-023-01106-4

Table 3.

Number and proportion of events per tool origin category and age class, for each tool type

Tool origin
Arrived Gathered and manufactured Acquired Transferred Total no. of tools
Fishing probe
 Adult 120 (83.9%) 12 (8.4%) 9 (6.3%) 2 (1.4%) 143
 Subadult 40 (88.9%) 3 (6.7%) 1 (2.2%) 1 (2.2%) 45
 Juvenile 28 (60.9%) 4 (8.7%) 6 (13.0%) 8 (17.4%) 46
 Infant 0 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 0 3
Puncturing stick
 Adult 4 (19.0%) 2 (9.5%) 13 (61.9%) 2 (9.5%) 21
 Subadult 4 (23.5%) 0 10 (58.5%) 3 (17.6%) 17
 Juvenile 0 1 (33.3%) 2 (66.7%) 0 3
 Infant 0 0 1 (100%) 0 1
Perforating twig
 Adult 0 7 (43.8%) 9 (56.3%) 0 16
 Subadult 0 0 0 0 0
 Juvenile 0 1 (100%) 0 0 1
 Infant 0 1 (100%) 0 0 1
Beehive pounding club
 Adult 4 (66.7%) 2 (33.3%) 0 0 6
 Subadult 1 (100%) 0 0 0 1
 Juvenile 1 (14.3%) 5 (71.4%) 0 1 (14.3%) 7
 Infant 0 0 0 0 0
Other honey gathering tool
 Adult 0 2 (100%) 0 0 2
 Subadult 0 0 0 0 0
 Juvenile 0 7 (87.5%) 1 (12.5%) 0 8
 Infant 0 0 0 0 0
Leaf sponge
 Adult 0 3 (100%) 0 0 3
 Subadult 0 9 (100%) 0 0 10
 Juvenile 0 1 (100%) 0 0 0
 Infant 0 0 0 1 (100%) 1
Total per category 202 62 53 18 335