BY WALTER R. HARPER, 423 



Many mai'ks, gashes and scratches, representative of all the 

 varieties of decorations met with in the series, are scattered 

 profusely over its surface, as shown on the rough sketches 

 (PI. XIII.) The base, with the exception of a ring round the edge 

 of 4 mm. in width, has been hollowed out to a depth of about 

 6 mm. in the centre, and this concave portion is traversed by four 

 faintly marked rid:,'es. 



The most noticeable of the markings are a clearly cut "broad- 

 arrow " near the top, four jDerpendicular and parallel lines a little 

 lower down, and a group of three " broad-arrows," joined at their 

 points in the form of a star, near the foot. In addition to these, 

 on the opposite side of the object, there are a number of '^ broad- 

 arrows " and horizontal and oblique scratches. On this stone, as 

 well as on No. 6, there are several marks which have the appear- 

 ance of incomplete arrows, the barb being cut on one side onh'. 

 However, judging from the frequency with which this design 

 occurs, the omission was intentional. All the marks are distinctly 

 defined, and nowhere, on the decorated surface of the stone, is 

 there an indication of its having been rubbed or rolled over any 

 hard or resisting substances. In fact the only wear this part of 

 the object has been subjected to is such as might be caused l^y 

 continual handling. The same must be said of the base. The 

 apex of the '• stone" has been fractured, apparently in process of 

 manufacture, but the foot has been chipped, in all probability, 

 since the markings were put on. It must be remembered that it 

 is the foot and not the base of the object v/hich exhibits these 

 traces of, comparatively speaking, rough usage; the base is quite 

 smooth and even, with the exception of the four decorative ridges 

 previously referred to, and the rim of the concavity shows no 

 signs of the wear noticeable on the outside edge of the ring. 



No. 2 (PL XIV. fig. 1) is in the South Australian Museum, 

 Adelaide, and was discovered at Kanowna in the Barcoo District. 

 It is composed of slate, and its height, 55 8 cm , is greater than 

 that of any other stone in the series. It differs also in form, for, 

 while the remaining eight stones are symmetrically rounded, this 

 specimen is almost rectangular in its lower half, and in its upper 



