Helen: I dunno for sure. There is evidence of use of sinew and bone needles for stitching mouths closed on very early mummies in "primitive" societies here in the Southeastern US and in Eurasia, at the very least. Very primitive societies were pretty good at patching up wounds from war or mishap--they had to be or people died from septicemia. The scar Thorgrim shows would have to have been stitched to have healed in such a way as to not deform the face horribly (needing morph targets or magnets to create effect) I'm actually trying to figure out how the blade/axe cut across the nose without leaving a "skip" on one side. The "stitches" I tried to represent were more crude than some I've seen in Geographic/books/PBS. Figured that was more "barbaric" :-) GrayMare