PREHISTORIC ART. 4^5 



1^^ ii e^^^»«"^at,on verifies the fact and extends the area of 



then discovery over a much larger portion of the United States pLe 

 42 reiH^esents two of these implements now in the posse^on of the 

 Un. ted States National Mnsenm in addition to the one recdvec from 

 C ptam Ulnch. TUe best finished one ^ is of the stanXd if.T 

 w n a Ir'fTr'' r^ ' -l--^-tion of the Aldrich specimen 'S 

 II he S:i % "" 4'' "^^'"'^ ^""^' ''-'''' ^^-'^-' --^ '-1-ost 



th s It . ti , ' "^ ^'^ ^'^"^^"^' ^^^^^^^ ^' ^«* '^ repetition of 



The h sto v'of r """'•''"'''' '''''''' '' ^^"P^^-^^ *^« representation 



Lhe history of the specimen (^o. 1300) is given by Mr. J. D McGnire 



the present owner, as follows: i- 'J- J^. McUuiie, 



torn ::^:;i:: .^tlTciL^^'r: ?° ;n; '?^^ '^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^-*- ^^^ «*-^ ^« 



not positive a companion th^^ fl ' *''"^ \", ^^^•'"^^^'''> ^^^^^ ^' «- I -n 

 implement in Ms hand" ndsT^l IT J T!^ '"^ *^' "'^'""^^ ^''*""^«^^ ^'i*!^ the 



Of one .as attae.:nin:z\::;t;!:r:;r ^1::^?^^""^' ^^^ *" ^^^ -^^* 



o 1 /.ooo, u .b.^.M. It was found by Mr. K. II. Hannah, 3 miles eist 

 of Olympia, while clearing the ground of stumps ' 



The attention of the author being attracted to 

 tJjB subject, he discovered that the number of 

 specimens found witbin the United States similar 



^^^trf'tr"' ^^''*'' ^^' especially those like No. ^^ 



U^obo, U.S.N'.:\r., has increased considerably and ^*"- "«• 



their geographic area greatly extended In view """^ °'' ''^''° ''''"' ^^°- 



nffllio i+ 1 „ * I, 1 . vi^cuvicu. J.U View JECTING EIM, TRANSLUCENT 



Of this, It has to be admitted that this is an imple- --°'ak, extrem™^ 

 ment of the North American savage- whether ^'^^ "i»hly polished. 

 historic or preliistoric may be left undeciderl ' , , .- <, ^'''''"- 



ihls art work may not be mauifest npon a cur- "'■'"" ' ' 



sory exa,„matio„, but it must be eousidered that mauy or most of these 

 s pecnncus are some of the varieties of jade, witir a hardness eo„ d to 

 tha oi glass and exceeded ouly by the diamond, and tha tW ,™ 

 u,ade stra,ght trne, entirely symmetrical both side'wise a,^ e Hi' e 

 With rarely a flaw or defor-t nnti ti.of , i ^i , ^"t,<-wise, 



J i£n> ui ut!ic( I, ami tuat when thus rednpprt tr. fx^^rv^ +i ^ 



Sculpture. 



EUROPE. 



The art <.f sculpture in Neolithic times had an exceedingly wide r-m^e 

 In Europe it had scarcely an existence worthy the name A. w 



'.'^^^^^'^'i^^i^^ epth ;:;: 



' Loan collection, CatTrnTlSOO/US^TM ' 



NAT MUS 96 .30 



