474 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Plate 47 represents a statue of gray sandstone from Williamson 

 County, Tennessee. It was found by Dr. Frost, of Nashville, and 

 belongs to the collection of tbe Tennessee Historical Society. It rep- 

 resents 11 different type of man or a different style of art. Tbe figure 

 is in a squatting or kneeling position, tbe left knee is brought to tbe 

 ground, and tbe figure is sitting on tbe left foot. The rigbt leg is 

 brought forward, the foot being flat upon tbe ground, tbe knee in its 

 natural position, tbe rigbt arm and body resting on it. All this forms 

 a base by means of which the statue can sit alone. Tbe face is round, 

 moon-like, the eyes much the same, giving it a wild and staring expres- 

 sion. The nose is prominent, but broad and flat, while tbe lips are pro- 

 truding and heavy. The workmanship is crude, and it seems doubtful 

 if it was ever intended as a portrait bust or to represent any partic- 

 ular individual or tribe. The entire statue has been wrought out of 

 the solid, and apparently no i)art of the original surface was ever 

 utilized. It has peculiarities of physiognomy, different from the ordi- 

 nary appearance of the Indian, and resembles the negro, yet the 

 ensemble of the statue bears no relation to the negro. Tbe appearance 

 of the face resembles somewhat the Perrine statue from Union County, 

 Illinois, made in pottery and represented in fig. 132. 



A much mutilated and defaced statue of sandstone was found in a 

 mound in Tennessee and deposited in the United States National 

 Museum by Dr. John E. Youuglove, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. 

 The lower part is broken, and its original condition is unknown. 

 Enough of it remains to show the shape of the head, tbe indication 

 of the hair, tbe breadth of the face, and that all these are of the 

 same type as tbe examples from the same locality. The ears are 

 well represented, and are much more elaborate than in any specimen 

 yet examined. This head, if taken alone, would have every appear- 

 ance of being a bowlder, tbe surface of which bad been sculptured as 

 shown, but an examination of the head, taken in connection with tbe 

 shoulders and breast, shows that it has been worked out of a larger 

 piece. The fracture, both of tbe trunk and that by which the nose and 

 mouth was destroyed, was ancient, and tbe broken surface appears to 

 be equally as old as any of the sculptured portion. (Cat. No. 141015, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



This statue is peculiar in its appearance and unlike those from the 

 Southern States; the only one bearing any similarity to it which has 

 come to tbe notice of the author is that shown by Thruston.' 



Other specimens from tbe region of Tennessee and Kentucky are in 

 private and State or municipal collections in the States mentioned, but 

 enough has been shown to indicate a particular style of sculpture or a 

 certain sameness in its production. Whether this arises from a pecu- 

 liarity of the artists in that they were all taught one way, or had 



"Antiquities of Teimessee," 2d ed., p. 104, fig. 25. 



