. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . 320. Fifr. Stonks—Club heads or Riatta. 656 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. by a large uumber of specimens from soutbeiu California. Their mate-rial is sandstone, serj)entine, soapstoue, etc., though occasional speci-mens have appeared of a harder material like greenstone. They varymuch in size and character. They are from 1^ inches in diameterto 5 inches and more. Some are only half an inch in thickness,while others are so thick as to equal their diameter, almost forming aglobe. Some are pear-shaped; other
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . 320. Fifr. Stonks—Club heads or Riatta. 656 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. by a large uumber of specimens from soutbeiu California. Their mate-rial is sandstone, serj)entine, soapstoue, etc., though occasional speci-mens have appeared of a harder material like greenstone. They varymuch in size and character. They are from 1^ inches in diameterto 5 inches and more. Some are only half an inch in thickness,while others are so thick as to equal their diameter, almost forming aglobe. Some are pear-shaped; others, with the globular form like , have their holes drilled the same size all through. They are occa-sionally decorated, and may have served as heads for a club or with a staff 5 feet long have been found in California andMexico, and also in Kew Zealand. No. 124 is hornblende, from Santa Catalina Island; 125 greenstone,and 126 serpentine, from Santa Eosa Island, California. Evidences of usage are to be seen in specimens resembling 124, 126,and similar
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