. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . heads, from a broken one of which it is supposed they have been made,thus serving a secondary purpose. PERFORATORS. They may have served to drill the harder substances, but also softermaterials, as wood, hides, bone, etc. But slight traces of usage arefound. Their form has given rise to the theory that they were drillsor perforators, and they may have been so used, but it is by no meanscertain, and they may have had another origin or purpose. Old Indianshave declared them to have been charms or Fig.
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . heads, from a broken one of which it is supposed they have been made,thus serving a secondary purpose. PERFORATORS. They may have served to drill the harder substances, but also softermaterials, as wood, hides, bone, etc. But slight traces of usage arefound. Their form has given rise to the theory that they were drillsor perforators, and they may have been so used, but it is by no meanscertain, and they may have had another origin or purpose. Old Indianshave declared them to have been charms or Fig. Nos. 32, 35 are from Ohio; 33 from Oregon; 34 from Missouri; 36from Tennessee, and 37 California. No. 7 is triangular, of brown flintfrom Santa Cruz Island, California. 644 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSETLM, 1888. HOES OR DIGGING TOOLS. Dr. Kau describes these as large, flat implements of siliceous mate-rial, usually ovoid in shape and sharp around the circumference. Theyare supposed to have been used as spades or hoes. The lower part isoften smoothed by wear, appearing almost glazed. These are prob-ably the largest style of chipped implements belonging to prehistorictimes. The Museum possesses specimens 16 inches long, 6 wide, and 1inch thick. I am not satisfied with the explanation of the smooth or
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