PREHISTORIC ART. 



473 



Professor Tliomas, of tbe Bureau of Ethnology. A report of its dis- 

 covery is iu the Twelfth Annual Eeport of the Bureau of Ethnology, 

 1890-01, page 359, and it is fig. 210. This statue, like the others, repre- 

 sents oidy the trunk, and is capable of sitting alone. The arms are 

 outlined with hands on the knee or lap. The peculiarities of the slop- 

 ing face and receding forehead, with the head thrown back, are mani- 



Fig. 120. 



STONE STATUE, FRONT AND SIDE VIEWS. 



Height, 141 inches. 

 Mound No. 3, Long Island, Eoane County, Tennessee 



Cat. No. ,31781, U.S.N.M. Tlu„„,., Twelfth A.u. Rept. Bur. Eth.ul., 183,^9., „. ..,-,,, „,. 040. 



lest at a glance. The sex of the figure is not represented, but tlie hair ( ^) 

 shown on the back part of the head is in a firm and solid knot resem 

 bln.g a chignon. There is no appearance of a fillet or attachment to 

 t le back. The general character of the individual represented is much 

 he same as the former. The eyebrows are made in the same manner 

 the appearance of hair around the forehead is the same, and tl.e nose 

 IS the same shape, but the ring mouth does not appear 



