Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . m is elliptical in section ai tlie middle, round or nearlyso at the ends, the sides expanding rapidly from end to middle by 124 STONE ART. lETH. ANN. 13 double curves. It is represented by figure 146 (ferruginous quartz,from Kanawha valley, West Virginia), and by a specimen of quartzitefrom Union county, Mississippi. Boat-shape Stones. There are two types of relics, perhaps ceremonial, for which no usehas been determined, and which are named from their general resem-blance to the form of a boat. They
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . m is elliptical in section ai tlie middle, round or nearlyso at the ends, the sides expanding rapidly from end to middle by 124 STONE ART. lETH. ANN. 13 double curves. It is represented by figure 146 (ferruginous quartz,from Kanawha valley, West Virginia), and by a specimen of quartzitefrom Union county, Mississippi. Boat-shape Stones. There are two types of relics, perhaps ceremonial, for which no usehas been determined, and which are named from their general resem-blance to the form of a boat. They are as follows: A. With flat face more or less hollowed, sides triangular and number are not perforated. The type is shown in figure 147 (stripedslate, from Davidson county, North Carolina). District. +3 <V as© a 6 a ?2 aj §OS u £ 0 (X, i pa s to 1 1 2 1 11 1 l #. Coming to a point at each end; flat side, deeply hollowed; perfora-tions near the ends, with a groove between them in which the suspend-ing cord rested. Some have a flattened projection in which the groove.
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