. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . « Fig. 28 (19,330) full size. Fig. 29 (21,587) full size. What is, in some respects, among the oddest of our stone pipes,or pipe-heads, figure 28, (19,330), forms a part of the Laidlaw collec-tion, and was found with other specimens by Mr. W. C. Perry, onlot 45, concession 8, township of Eldon. It is of soapstone, but ispeculiar in being deeply incised, by means of two cuts surroundingthe head, and these were made probably with chert or flint cuts are apparently the work of one who was a much less skil-ful craftsman than was he who first
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . « Fig. 28 (19,330) full size. Fig. 29 (21,587) full size. What is, in some respects, among the oddest of our stone pipes,or pipe-heads, figure 28, (19,330), forms a part of the Laidlaw collec-tion, and was found with other specimens by Mr. W. C. Perry, onlot 45, concession 8, township of Eldon. It is of soapstone, but ispeculiar in being deeply incised, by means of two cuts surroundingthe head, and these were made probably with chert or flint cuts are apparently the work of one who was a much less skil-ful craftsman than was he who first fashioned the bowl, for whilethe original form of the latter was accurately symmetrical as suchthings go, the former have been very clumsily made, and the cutting-down done by the second workman is quite meaningless. It has beensuggested that all the secondary work was done by one who stole thepipe, and was anxious to change its appearance. Among stone pipe heads a very simple form is that of figure29 (21,587), found by Mr. Neil Sinclair,
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