DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES BONE IMPLEMENTS, ETC. [B. XXIV.] 159 



B. PLATE XXIV. 



Fragments of various ornamented subcylindrical and other Implements, mostly 

 of Antler, fig. 4 only being bone. 



Fig. 1. A portion of a carved, rounded, and perforated Antler, of small size*. The 

 ornament consists of the outlines of two animals in sequence, not well designed. 

 The foremost (Antelope ?), standing with outstretched limbs, is spotted on the 

 body and neck with scattered pitting, and has a small, sharp, nearly featureless 

 head, with a pair of short straight horns, pointing forwards and upwards. The 

 second figure is a misproportioned outline of a Cervine animal, probably a Rein- 

 deer, if the vague sketch of its prominent brow-antlers be accepted as a trust- 

 worthy indication. The other side bears the continuations of legs and antlers, 

 poorly executed, together with vague notching, like that on the figured face. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 2. The lower portion of a small cylindrical Dart-head or Arrow-point, with 

 bevelled butt, ornamented with sequent outlines of Horses (two and a portion 

 of a third), poorly drawn, though the second figure is not without some toucli 

 of nature. 

 From ? 



Fig. 3. The bevelled butt of a Dart-head, bearing on each face an incised outline 

 resembling the foremost animal (Antelope ?) in fig. 1, and five transverse parallel 

 notches between the backs of the animals. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 4. A fragment of carved bone, subtriangular in section (3 millimetres thick), 

 tapering, crenulated by careful notching along two of the edges, and orna- 

 mented on one face with the outline of a Snake (?), and cross-etching. The 

 Snake-like figure (broken off at the tail) is filled in with one set of crossed lines, 

 and the space between it and the lower edge is filled in with another set, similar 

 to the other, but not conformable or continuous with itf. The Snake (?) has 

 apparently its mouth widely open ; and an eye is distinctly given. The small 

 space beyond the head is left without distinct hachures. The other side of the 



* See pages 102 and 189 for remarks on this kind of Implement. 



t Such slight cross-etching appears on some of the common pearl card-counters of the present day. 



