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third of the way from the sinaller end it could not be distinguished in 

 form from the elongated conical stone i)ipes usually found in graves 

 and burial places of the islands along tlie California, coast. This pipe 

 appears to have been perforated by burning. The walls vary from one- 

 sixteenth of an inch in thickness at the smaller end to nearly one-half 



Fig. 25. 



TCBULAK WOOD PIPE. 



Hupa Reservation. 



U. S. National Museum. Colle.-tecl by Lieut. P. II. Ray. 



an inch at the larger. The outer sides appear to have been smoothed 

 by means of sandpajjer, though the same appearance could be imparted 

 to the specimen with any gritty sandstone or with sand alone. These 

 pil)es are made from any available wood, those which best resist fire 

 being preferred, one of the best and most usual being the laurel. 



Fig. 20 is an all- wood pipe of Hupa manufacture, 134 inches long, 



Fig. 26. 



WOOD PIPE. 



Hupa lleservation. 



IT. S. National Museum. Collected liy Lieut. P. H. R.ay. 



that is of peculiar form. The bowl is 2i inches in greatest diameter, 

 that of the stem being scarcely three-fourths of an inch thick. The 

 bowl cavity consists of quite a shallow cup, the specimen having been 

 rudely chopped out by means of an extremely dull tool, which gives 

 one the impression that it would be a difiicult pipe to smoke unless the 

 smoker laid flat on his back. 



Fig. 27. 



ALL-WOOD PIPE. 



Hupa Reservation. 



U. S. National Museum. Collecteil liy Lieul. 1'. II. Ray. 



Fig. 27 belongs to the same type of all-wood Hupa pipes, and is 

 more carefully finished than the last specimen, its surface being 

 brought almost to a polish. It is 15 inches long, though the bowl is 

 less than 1 inch in depth, with a diameter of If inches. Had the pre- 

 ceding spe(;imen been ground to a uniform surface, as these pipes 



