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for the reception of the string. There 

 is also a small set of banner stones — 

 problematic forms which archaeologists 

 for want of better data are given to 

 class as ceremonials. Several boat-shaped 

 ornaments, one or two of which hint at a 

 use as pottery-polishers are included. 

 A number of highly polished hematite 

 cones may have served a like purpose. 

 Quite unusual is a broken " bird-shaped 



pipes of stone, both in natural and geo- 

 metric forms, the Mason collection excels 

 and fills a gap in our series — for we 

 formerly had but a single specimen. 

 Some of the stone pipes, particularly 

 the plain rectangular type, run the whole 

 gamut from a specimen weighing several 

 pounds and of gigantic size to one 

 scarcely an inch high. Some in coarse 

 pottery are good examples of the angu- 



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amulet" with bulging eyes, a type far 

 more frequently found farther north. 



The Museum's old collection from 

 Tennessee was better off than the new 

 collection as regards the colossal stone 

 effigy pipes found there. These pipes, 

 usually made of steatite are massive and 

 consist generally of well-executed carv- 

 ings of birds and mammals. There are 

 several in the new collection however, 

 and in small and delicately worked 



lar, trumpet-shaped and straight tubular 

 pipes. The clay pipes of the Southeast 

 are all cruder in quality and workman- 

 ship than those farther north, in the 

 country of the Iroquois for instance. 



The Mason collection contains some 

 huge flint knife and "spear" blades, and 

 an unusual number, of arrow points, 

 drills and scrapers. A selected series of 

 bizarre forms in arrowhead chippings 

 shows extraordinary flights of native 



