. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 799 Fig. 130. At the risk of missing, a guess may be ventured that this specimen of dark brown stone is a hammer for wooden wedges. A great variety of wedge hammers of stone for splitting logs is used by the American Northwest Coast Indians. The finger pits on the faces should be noticed. Height, 4^ inches. 'm j^B^^''^. Fig. 131. A slightly modified water-worn pebble of dark brown color, just
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GUESDE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 799 Fig. 130. At the risk of missing, a guess may be ventured that this specimen of dark brown stone is a hammer for wooden wedges. A great variety of wedge hammers of stone for splitting logs is used by the American Northwest Coast Indians. The finger pits on the faces should be noticed. Height, 4^ inches. 'm j^B^^''^. Fig. 131. A slightly modified water-worn pebble of dark brown color, just as likely as anything else to have been used in rubbing down pot- tery. Length, 3^ inches. m ^«^: .1^:^^^. ..,-?.tf0^^^:?s*»rfi.^ Fig. 132. Fig. 133. Fig. 134. Fig. 132. An ellipsoidal form of blackish color. The noticeable fea- tures are the flat faces and beveled contour. In the Pueblo country such pebbles are used to rub down the pots before baking. From Gosier. Length, 2^^ inches. Fig. 133. A grinding stone of deep brown color, formed in the sba|»e of a double conoid. The form is rare in the Antilles. Height, 3 jio inches. Fig. 134. A blackish stone, elliptical in outline and lenticular in sec- tion; highly jiolisbed. Diameter, 4^^- 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. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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