. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . y. Stone beads, pendants, and other ornaments.—Stone beads are found ofdifferent forms and material. No. 200 is serpentiue, from Santa Bar-bara, California; Nos. 201 and 202 are of soapstone, from Pennsylvania;204, catlinite, from New York; 203 is a straight tube nearly 3 inchesill length, from Mississippi, beautifully drilled with a small hole itsentire length. It is of a siliceous material resembling yellow manufactory of beads of this material was discovered in LawrenceCounty, Miss., in the spring of J87G, and
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . y. Stone beads, pendants, and other ornaments.—Stone beads are found ofdifferent forms and material. No. 200 is serpentiue, from Santa Bar-bara, California; Nos. 201 and 202 are of soapstone, from Pennsylvania;204, catlinite, from New York; 203 is a straight tube nearly 3 inchesill length, from Mississippi, beautifully drilled with a small hole itsentire length. It is of a siliceous material resembling yellow manufactory of beads of this material was discovered in LawrenceCounty, Miss., in the spring of J87G, and four hundred and forty-nine specimens were sent to the Museum by Mr. T. J. K. Keenan. Anaccount of this find was given in Smithsonian Keport for 1877, pages293-298. 6*50 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. Another specimen, 211, striped slate, from a mouud iu Ohio, muchlarger and longer, not drilled lengthwise, but diagonally across thecorners, may have served the same purpose of ornament, as likewise212, which is of fine-grained argillaceous sandstone, from Fig. TAHLETS AND BOAT STIAPED ARTICLES (J). Pencl(mts.—^o. 205 is of trap rock; 206 a flat sandstone pebble, fromRhode Island ; 207, same, from Pennsylvania; 208, same, Virginia; 209,argillaceous slate from a mound in Ohio, where it was found lying nearthe neck of a skeleton. Bird-shaped ohjccfs.—Though this name has been given to numerousrelics from their general resemblance to birds, their shapes are so vari-ous as to leave the design often uncertain. Some specimens more re-semble the fence lizard, and the eyes are frequently indicated by small,round protuberances. The objects are generally of soft stone, such as A STUDY OF PREHISTORIO ANTHROPOLOGY. 651 the favorite green-striped slate; yet sometimes syenite and other hardsubstances have been employed. 205 201 202
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