930 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Fig. 176. 



STEMMED ARROW- 



POINT OF GRAY 



FUNT, SHOULDERED 



AND BARRED. 



Orange County, luili- 



ana. 

 Division III, Class C. 



Cat. -No. 32.W0, U.S.N, M. 



tlie point. Tlie twist is about equal to the thickness of the implement, 



and arises, not from the natural shape of the flake, but by chipping the 



edges all from one side. Whether this twist would give the missile a 



lotary motion as it was discharged from the bow, is a 



question examined in the division of peculiar forms, 



Class A, beveled edges, p. 931. 



Fig. 174 appears to have been one of the leaf-shaped 

 implements of Class B. It has a long, fine ])oint, edges 

 convex, base the same, with narrow notches in the edge 

 near the base. The edge of the convex base has been 

 ground down or worn smooth as de- 

 scribed ill figs. 160 and 161 of Class 

 B, stemmed, Divi.sion III, p. 921. 



Fig. 175 has con vex edges converg- 

 ing symmetrically to the point, the 

 base is slightly convex, while the 

 notches which have made it into a 

 stemmed and barbed implement are 

 at the corners formed by the Junction 

 of the edges with the base. The V-shaped notches 

 make the expanding base, and change the shoulders 

 into barbs. This specimen is from a mound near 

 Naples, Illinois, excavated by Mr. J. G. Henderson. 

 The mound and the associated objects 

 ^ are described in the Smithsonian Re- 



port of 1882, where this is fig. l-'i a (p. 

 696). The material is translucent pale brown chalce- 

 dony. This is the finest specimen of flint chipping in 

 the U. S. National Museum. Tliere may have been 

 others exceedingly fine and highly interesting, and it 

 may be difficult to draw lines of com- 

 parison between the various degrees 

 of fineness, but the author has never 

 seen anything showing a higher de- 

 gree of mechanical art and manual 

 dexterity in flint chipping. 



Fig. 176, though reduced in size, is 

 of sufficient weight to give momen- 

 tum to the arrow, and will probably secure greatest 

 flight. Its edges are symmetrically convex and, con- 

 verging, form the point. The base is slightly convex, 

 while the notches which form the barbs are in the edge 

 near the base. 



Fig. 177 has edges slightly convex, which come together at the point 

 with a wide angle, making the implement of considerable breadth 

 in proportion to its length. The stem is contracting and the base 



Fig. 177. 



STEMMED .V R R O W - 

 POINT OF PALE 

 BROWN FLINT, 

 SHOULDERED AND 

 BARBED. 



Santa Barbara 



County, California. 



Division III, Class C. 



I|xl§x4. 



Oiil. No. I.VJSI, U.S.N. M. 



Fig. 178. 

 STEMMED ARROW- 

 POINTOFDARKGRAY 

 FLINT, SHOULDERED 

 AND BARBED. 



Sharpsburg, Wasli- 



ington C o u n t J- , 



Maryland. 



Division III, Class C. 



1 J X I X 1^5. 



Cat. No. 34.M:!, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 179. 



STEMMED ARROW- 

 POINT, SHOULDERED 

 AND BARBED. 

 Oregon. 

 Division III, Class C. 

 l|xlxj. 



Cat. No. 12680, U.S.N.M. 



