PREHliSTORIC ART. 



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implements is coiitimially to 

 be kept iu view. Tlie material 

 of this specimen is not Hint, is 

 light reddish m color, comes 

 from a ledge and not from a 

 nodule, is coarse grained and 

 refractory, is not homogene- 

 ous, and does not break with 

 a regular or conchoidal frac- 

 ture. But with these disad- 

 vantages, apparently insuper- 

 able to a modern arclueolo- 

 gist, the ancient artist was 

 able by his skill to produce as 

 line a specimen of art work 

 as is here presented. But for 

 its material and the two small 

 notches in one end it might 

 pass for one of the leaf- 

 shaped implements of the 

 Solutreen period from western 

 Europe. 



Fig. 83 represents a beauti- 

 ful imi^lement of nearly white 

 flint, covered with a notice- 

 able patina and wrought in 

 accordance with the exigen- 

 cies of high art in flint chip- 

 ping. It belongs to the 

 Steiner collection, and comes 

 from Columbia County, 

 Georgia. It greatly resem- 

 bles and compares favorably 

 with a specimen from Casa de 

 Moura, Portugal, figured by 

 Cartailhac,' as a notably beau- 

 tiful specimen of art work. 



Fig. 84 represents a fine art 

 spearliead from La Paz, Lower 

 California, collected by Mr. 

 James Viosca, consul, sent to 

 the National Museum through 

 Mr. L. Belding. It is not leaf 

 shaped, but has a stem. Its 

 api)earauce indicates that 

 the maker was an artist in 



Fig. 84. 

 SPEARHKAD, CHEETY KLINT. 



La Paz, Lower California. 



Cat. No. 614U7, U.S.N. M. Natural si: 



1 Prchi8teri(|ue de TEspagne. 



