288 



REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



advaiieeil, knife handles, corn liuskers, etc., but 

 Dono of tliese are satisfactory. One sjiocimen 

 in tlio National Museum (No. 9075) from the 

 Northwest coast (entirely modern) has a cord 

 attached, evidently for suspension. Their use 

 as charms or amulets seems tlie most probable. 

 A Chippewa Indian stated that they served for 

 gaming. They were placed in a flat pan or bas- 

 ket which, being covered, was shaken up and 

 down, then set down carefuUj-, the cover removed, 

 and an inspection would show how many birds 

 were seated miright. He who had the gre:itest 

 number won the game. (Handbook, p. 651, tig. 25, 

 Nos.210, 211.) 



Bird SHAPED Object.— Striped slate. 

 Fremont, Ohio. 



Cast, No. 35610, in U. S. National Museum ; 

 original collected by Lewis Leppelmau. 



I5IED-SHAPED OBJECT. 



Sacketts Harbor, N. T. 



Original, No. 97128, inU. S. National Mu- 

 seum ; received from the Army Medical 

 Mu.seum. 



BOAT-SHAPED OBJECTS. 



The title indicates our want of knowledge con- 

 cerning their purpose. Diflerent uses have been 

 assigned to them, such as twine twisters, handles 

 for carrying parcels, or for tightening cords or 

 lines. A Mohawk medicine woman said they 

 were "a witch's auiulet.s for her transportation 

 over the water, as i.s the broomstick by the mod- 

 ern witch for flight through the air. If it was 

 lost, her power of flight or passage was gone." 

 Some are solid, others are hollowed out, and the 

 perforations may be either at the center or near 

 the ends. These objects are nearly always well 

 made and polished ; their material is syenite, 

 though greenstone and occasionally slate were 

 used, esjtecially the striped variety. A limited 

 number of specimens of this class, made ot galena, 

 have been found. (Handbook, p. 650, tig. 24, Noa. 

 134-135.) 



Boat-shaped Object. 

 Southington, Conn. 



Cast, No. 34597, in U. S. National Museum ; 

 original collected by Lamer Andrews. 



Boat-shaped Object.— Striped slate. 

 From a mound in Perry County, Ohio. 



Original, No. 13702, in U. S. NationalMu- 

 seum ; collected by William Anderson. 



Boat-shaped Object. — Syenite. 

 Pearl Depot, Pike County, 111. 



Original, No. 32833, in U. S. Nation.il Mu- 

 seum; collected by Braiuard Mitchell. 



TT'BES. 



In the National Museum is a number of f;tone 

 tubes of cylindrical and other forms and diU'ereut 

 lengths. The smaller ones, often only a few inches 

 in length, have been thouglit to be ornaments. A 

 variety of uses is ascribed to the larger objects, 

 the most plausible being that by the medicine 

 man for the jiretended curing of di.seases. Their 

 use for smoking or as whistles or calls has also 

 been suggested. The hole through the tube is 

 sometimes the same size througliout, having been 

 drilled from one end, and sometimes biconical, 

 having been drilled from both ends. Another 

 class has large, straight, cylindrical holes drilled 

 almost the entire length of the tube and then fin 

 ished with one of a small diameter. One specimen 

 in the Museum collection is 13 inches long and 

 terminates at one end in an expanding mouth- 

 piece (No. 7243). The materials are usually ste 

 atite, banded slate, and chlorite, although sped 

 mens of sandstone are not wanting. (Handbook, 

 p. 664, fig. 37 ) 



Tube.— Striped slate. 



Fremont, Ohio. 



Cast, No. 35632, in U. S. National Museum ; 



original collected by Lewis Leppelman. 



Tube. — Greenisli banded slate. 



From a mound, Chillicothe, Ohio. 



Cast, No. 7243, in U. S. National Museum ; 



original collected by Dr. E. H. Davis. 



Tube.— Gray steatite. 

 From a mound in Rockingham County, Va. 

 Original, No. 42674, in U. S. National Mu- 

 seum ; collected by Dr. Solon P. Henkle. 



PIPES. 



No class of aboriginal prehistoric art produc- 

 tions exhibits a greater variety of forms than 

 pipes. They are chiefly carved from stone, but 

 not unfrequently were molded in clay. A clas- 

 Hifieation of pipes is impossible on account of 

 their diversity of shape. For illustration and 

 description of the more marked types see Hand- 

 book, p. 662 et seq., figs. 35, 36, 38. 



Pipe.— Dark chlorite. 

 From a mound, Lebanon, Ky. 

 Original, No. 30177, in U. S. National Mu- 

 seum ; collected by W. T. Knott. 



Pipe.— Catlinite. 



Hart County, Ky. 



Cast, No. 30085, in U. S. National Museum ; 



original collected by Prof. J. R. Proctor. 



Pipe.— Black chlorite. 



Clinch River, East Tennessee. 



Cast No. 35383, in U. S. National Museum ; 



original coUected by W. M. H. Taylor. 



