. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . ual use is unknown. No. 100 is horn-blende, from Ohio; 101, hematite, from Tennessee; 102 is from Arkan-sas; 103, greenstone, from Ohio; 105 is quartzite from Massachusetts;106, greenstone, from Massachusetts. This class are supposed to haveservpd as sinkers for the nets of prehistoric fishermen, but nothingmore is known with certainty than is indicated by their appearance. Discoidal stones (Fig. 27).—These are supposed to have been used forgames among the Indians, probably in playing the game called chung-kee. It resembl
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . ual use is unknown. No. 100 is horn-blende, from Ohio; 101, hematite, from Tennessee; 102 is from Arkan-sas; 103, greenstone, from Ohio; 105 is quartzite from Massachusetts;106, greenstone, from Massachusetts. This class are supposed to haveservpd as sinkers for the nets of prehistoric fishermen, but nothingmore is known with certainty than is indicated by their appearance. Discoidal stones (Fig. 27).—These are supposed to have been used forgames among the Indians, probably in playing the game called chung-kee. It resembles the modern game of quoits, except that the stonesare rolled on the ground instead of being pitched through the air. Someof these discoidal stones measure 6 inches and more in diameter with aregular dish-shaped cavity on each side. Their material is always hardand is often ferruginous quartz. They are carefully made, evidentlywith great labor; their outline is regular and true, and they have beenrubbed and polished smooth. A STUDY OF PREllLSTOEIC ANTHEOPOLOGV. 653. Fig. and Sinkees. 654 EEPOKT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. No. 316 is yellow-brown ferruginous quartz, from Tennessee; 117,brown ferruginous quartz, from Tennessee; 118, dark greenstone, froma mound in Illinois. In some specimens the cavities on the sides arecarried deeper than in others, and their center marked by a 119 and 120 are quartzite, from Ohio. Other specimens are with-out the dish-like cavity. No. 12L is quartzite, from Georgia. Somespecimens, similar in every other appearance, are diminutive, scarcelymore than an inch in diameter. No. 122 is argillite, from Pennsylvania;and curious to remark, relics presenting the same appearance havebeen made of broken clay vessels, which, except tbe hole, resemble thespiudlewhorl. The writer found a specimen of this kind in a prehistoricworkshop in Brittany, France. It has been suggested that they wereused as paint cups, and possibly this ma
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