BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PU LXXVIII 



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SERIES OF FORMS SHOWING STEPS IN THE STEATITE-SHAPING PROCESS RANGING FROM 

 THE OVOID MASS CUT FROM THE QUARRY TO THE ROUGH FINISHED VESSEL ; FROM 

 THE CLIFTON QUARRY; ABOUT ONE-THIRD ACTUAL SIZE 



