. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. (fc). The material was soapstone, slate, and chlorite. Nos. 175 and 17Care from Tennessee. The name calumet pipes has been given to those of large sizesmoked with a stem and representing usually a bird, animal, and some-times a human figure. They are thus called by the Indians on accountof their bulk and their use on occasions of great ceremony. No. 185 is one of the finest possessed by the Museum, and is fromKentucky. A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 665. ¥ig. Pipe. (Cat. No. 16697, U. S. N.
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. (fc). The material was soapstone, slate, and chlorite. Nos. 175 and 17Care from Tennessee. The name calumet pipes has been given to those of large sizesmoked with a stem and representing usually a bird, animal, and some-times a human figure. They are thus called by the Indians on accountof their bulk and their use on occasions of great ceremony. No. 185 is one of the finest possessed by the Museum, and is fromKentucky. A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 665. ¥ig. Pipe. (Cat. No. 16697, U. S. N. H. Received from the Kentucky University.) BONE IMl-LEMENTS. The adoption of bone instead of stone for tlie implements of the pre-historic man differed widely in different countries. It is difficnlt togive satisfactory reasons therefor. It has been said that bone imple-ments were not made in the United States, because the stone was soeasily obtained. But in France, where bone implements are in greatestprofusion, the tiint suitable for chipping, and of which the finest imple-ments could be and were made, was to be found, and is still very abun-dant. Bone, horn, and ivory were itsed indiscriminately, and served,according to the need, as perforators, points, harpoons, fish-hooks, etc,They were often drilled, and so formed objects of suspension, ornaments,etc. Hollow bones might serve as tubes. They might be also sawed toserve as rings or beads of varying size and length. One of the mostinteresting varieties of imijlemeuts in bone are those
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