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faced appeariiuce in tbe secoud group. The forehead is reasonably 

 high, and while retreating or receding, it is not on the plane of the 

 face, as in the southern and other groups. 



Fig. 133 is a cast of a pipe from Ohio. Whether it represents the 

 same style as the immediate foregoing or not, it is introduced by rea- 

 son of its similarity and possible relation. The mouth is similar to 

 those in former representations. It is shown as widely open and deeply 

 excavated. The eyes are represented by excavations only, but the 

 forehead and face are the same general type as those in Plate 52, from 

 New Jersey and Staten Island, The nose and lips are mutilated beyond 

 recognition, except that the root of the former is shown broad and not 



Fig. 133. 



PIPE, REPRESEI^TING SCULPTURED HUMAN HEAD. 



Ohio. 



Cast, Cat. No. 31750, U.S.N.M. if, natural size. 



thin or pinched. The eyes are different from either of the former 

 groups, and the cheek bones, while high and jirominent, have a different 

 contour. This is largely produced by the sunken cheeks, which are not 

 shown in either of the former groups. 



No argument is sought to be made that there were different races of 

 aborigines, because of the similarities of the sculptures of the same 

 group or the dissimilarities between the different groups. The author 

 has no intention to do more than note and present the various styles of 

 sculpture, leaving the ethnologic results and conclusions to be worked 

 out at a future time. 



Bronze head {Louvre). — A curious and unique piece of bronze sculi)- 

 ture (Plate 53) having a possible relation to the North American Indian, 

 belongs to the Gallery oc the Louvre, Paris. But little is known of its 

 history. It formed part of the collection of Edmund Durand, which 



