. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 35.—Engraved designs on celts from Offering No. 2; a shows upper decorated surface and cross section. larly drawn circles around an elongated and vertically placed element, the uppermost circles being surmounted by two horizontal bars which have three points, each pointing downward (fig. 35, c). The pattern is somewhat reminiscent of the better carved ones from the decorated jade celts found in 1942 (Offering 1942-C, LV, p. 165). The specimen measures 5!%6 by 2y2 by 1% inches. A much more elaborate design occurs on a celt made of what appears to be a fairly compac
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 35.—Engraved designs on celts from Offering No. 2; a shows upper decorated surface and cross section. larly drawn circles around an elongated and vertically placed element, the uppermost circles being surmounted by two horizontal bars which have three points, each pointing downward (fig. 35, c). The pattern is somewhat reminiscent of the better carved ones from the decorated jade celts found in 1942 (Offering 1942-C, LV, p. 165). The specimen measures 5!%6 by 2y2 by 1% inches. A much more elaborate design occurs on a celt made of what appears to be a fairly compact brownish tuff. The stone from which the speci- men was made appears to be waterworn to very nearly its present. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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