Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Fig. 76.—Chippedcelt. FIG. 77.—Cliippedcelt. Hematite Celts. With the exception of two from Iowa and a few from Preston county,West Virginia, the hematite celts in the collection are from Kanawhavalley, and are small, ranging in length from 1 to 2f inches, except one4i and one 5£ inches. They are illustrated in figures 78, 79, 80, and 81,the last from a mound. Nearly all have been ground directly from the FOWKE] USE OF HEMATITE CELTS. 87 nodule or concretion in which this ore of iron so frequently app
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Fig. 76.—Chippedcelt. FIG. 77.—Cliippedcelt. Hematite Celts. With the exception of two from Iowa and a few from Preston county,West Virginia, the hematite celts in the collection are from Kanawhavalley, and are small, ranging in length from 1 to 2f inches, except one4i and one 5£ inches. They are illustrated in figures 78, 79, 80, and 81,the last from a mound. Nearly all have been ground directly from the FOWKE] USE OF HEMATITE CELTS. 87 nodule or concretion in which this ore of iron so frequently one of homogeneous structure has been chipped into formbefore grinding, the facets in some cases being rubbed nearly they have a rectangular outline, but usually the sides taperfrom the edge to the top by a gradualcurve, or are parallel a part of the wayand then taper either by a straight or,oftener, by a curved line. The section isrectangular or elliptical. These implements were probably used asknives or scrapers, being set into the endof a piece of
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