. Bulletin. Ethnology. 246 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdll. 174. Figure 44.—Molded lump of clay from mound 17 excavations, Tobias site. Length 135 mm. OBJECTS OF ANTI^R Hollowed tines.—There are three of these curious objects, all some- what damaged and restored (pi. 31, e-g.). They range in length from 15 to cm., in maximum diameter from to cm., and the sur- faces have been carefully, but not always completely, smoothed or even polished. The tip of the smallest has been broken off; in the others, the tips have been blunted and smoothed down. All retain the natural even curvatu
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 246 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdll. 174. Figure 44.—Molded lump of clay from mound 17 excavations, Tobias site. Length 135 mm. OBJECTS OF ANTI^R Hollowed tines.—There are three of these curious objects, all some- what damaged and restored (pi. 31, e-g.). They range in length from 15 to cm., in maximum diameter from to cm., and the sur- faces have been carefully, but not always completely, smoothed or even polished. The tip of the smallest has been broken off; in the others, the tips have been blunted and smoothed down. All retain the natural even curvature of the antler, and have been slightly tapered proxi- mally to a rounded or squared extremity. In addition, each has been hollowed out for a distance of 6 to 9 cm. from the proximal end, so as to create a scooplike effect. This hollowing was accomplished in the two larger specimens (USNM 388682), from pit 3A, and (USNM 388836 from mound 17,' basin 1) by hacking or grinding away the compact surface tissue on the inner curved face of the tine, until the cancellous structure was exposed in a shallow longitudinal hollow. The third specimen (USNM 388926, from mound 17, basin 2) is badly broken, but seems to have had a much deeper cavity which was on the side of the curve; the remaining edge of the cavity is well smoothed and even, and most of the cancellous tissue appears to have been carefully scraped away. This piece has four short transverse lines incised across the outer face about midway of its length. The dressed outer face of each of the two smaller specimens terminates proximally in a low transverse flange 2 to 7 mm. wide. There is nothing about the specimens, or in their associations or manner of occurrence, to indicate their purpose, and I have been unable to find any record of similar arti- facts from the Plains or elsewhere (fig. 45). Projectile point.—From mound 17, basin 2, came a well-made straight conical antler tip point, the only one of its kind found on th
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