Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . p. 74. 4 Indian Tribes, vol. i, p. BO. ? Amer. Naturalist, vol. vii, p, iko •FlintChipB, p. *78, MS. Rept. on Shell M ide of Oregon. 118 STONE ART. [ETH. ANN. 13 above the top of the object, the suspending cord being passed through the loop thus formed. The principal division is into group A with one holeand group B with two holes, though in many cases thisforms the only difference between two specimens. A. General outline rectangular, or perhaps slightlyelliptical, sometimes with one end somewhat nar
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . p. 74. 4 Indian Tribes, vol. i, p. BO. ? Amer. Naturalist, vol. vii, p, iko •FlintChipB, p. *78, MS. Rept. on Shell M ide of Oregon. 118 STONE ART. [ETH. ANN. 13 above the top of the object, the suspending cord being passed through the loop thus formed. The principal division is into group A with one holeand group B with two holes, though in many cases thisforms the only difference between two specimens. A. General outline rectangular, or perhaps slightlyelliptical, sometimes with one end somewhat narrowerthan the other, or with one end rounded off, or with thecorners slightly rounded. Perforation commonly nearone end. The form is represented by the specimenwith two perforations illustrated in figure 133, whichotherwise fully answers the description. The argillitespecimens have the broader ends striated as though used for rubbing or scraping, but in other respects conform to those of other materials. The materials are generally the softer rocks, as shown in the accompanying table:. District. ID 1 5 S5 » Bc 00 t T. z. u•r. 3 < 2 * 2 1 3 1 1 2 A related type is rectangular or with incurved sides (forming eithera regular or broken curve) and rounded ends, and differs in having theperforation near the center. The same pattern sometimes has two is illustrated in figure 130 (striped slate, from a mound in Kanawhavalley, West Virginia). There are also from the same place one eachof slate, cannel coal, and clay slate, and from eastern Tennessee oneeach of slate, shale, and clay slate. There are a number of small pebbles,thin and flat, with a hole drilled nearthe edge, from southeastern Teunes-|see, North Carolina, and southeastern!Arkansas. One of these, from Cald-well county, North Carolina, is ofbanded slate; the others are of clayslate or sandstone. Two of them havestraight and zigzag lines on both faces, and notches around the edge. Allied to these are a number
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