Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . FOWKEJ DISTRIBUTION OF PLUMMETS. Ill. j 1 I ; •? S ; I? According to Abbott, one of these relics was found at Salem, in Stevens says, quoting from Schoolcraft, that the PennacookIndians used sinkers very much like a plummet in In Floridavery rough plummets with deep grooves are found in the shell mounds,which were no doubt used as sinkers. The Indians ofsouthern California use them as medicine stones tobring rain; the Eskimo use similar stones as sinkers,but have them perforated at t
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . FOWKEJ DISTRIBUTION OF PLUMMETS. Ill. j 1 I ; •? S ; I? According to Abbott, one of these relics was found at Salem, in Stevens says, quoting from Schoolcraft, that the PennacookIndians used sinkers very much like a plummet in In Floridavery rough plummets with deep grooves are found in the shell mounds,which were no doubt used as sinkers. The Indians ofsouthern California use them as medicine stones tobring rain; the Eskimo use similar stones as sinkers,but have them perforated at the end. The larger ob-jects of this form may have been used as Theymight be made very efficient in twisting thread, as theyrevolve for a considerable time when set in general form is ovoid, sometimes quite slender,sometimes almost round; the endsmay be either blunt or may be grooved near the mid-dle or near either the larger orsmaller end. Some have two grooves,some are only partially grooved,while others have the groove ex-tending lengthwise. There are formsthat differ somewhat from this
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