88 EXPLORATION OF BURTON MOUND [ETH. ANN, 44 
Comal of slate gray steatite color, which differs from the other comal speci- 
mens in having a raised ridge about 22.2 mm. wide around the entire margin of 
both obverse and reverse sides. The height of this ridge is 4.7 mm. or even 
6.3 mm, in places, 273 mm. long, 247.6 mm. wide, 139.7 mm. wide at the upper 
end. Thickness varies from 30.1 mm. to 34.9mm. A hole 17.4 mm, daimeter is 
located 38.1 mm. from the smaller end. (Pl. 12, e.) 
Comal of slate gray steatite, lopsided. Edges squared. 298.4 mm. long, 254 
mm. wide; 193.6 mm. wide at lower end, 153.9 mm. wide at upper end. Thick- 
ness varies from 22.2 mm. to 25.4 mm. A hole 14.2 mm. diameter is located 42.8 
mm. from the smaller end. (Pl. 12, f.) 
Comal of grayish steatite, unusually square cornered. 273 mm. long, lower 
edge 241.8 mm. wide, upper edge 152.4 mm. wide. Thickness varies from 25.4 
mm. to 31.7 mm. The upper edge has an incurve of 9.5 mm. Hole 22.2 mm. 
diameter, 34.9 mm. from the upper edge. (PI. 12, c.) 
Comal of grayish steatite, differing from the other comals in not having 
concave surfaces; this specimen is thickest in the center and thinner toward 
the edges, which are squared; 280.9 mm. long, 187.8 mm. wide, lower edge 127 
mm. wide, upper edge 82.5 mm. wide. There is a hole 15.8 mm. diameter 
located 36.5 mm. from the upper edge. (PI. 12, d.) 
Comal of slate gray steatite, found in broken condition; 206.8 mm. long., 
174.6 mm. wide, lower edge 168.2 mm. wide, upper edge 638.5 mm. wide. Thick- 
ness varies from 17.4 mm. to 15.8 mm. Hole 12.7 mm. diameter, 22.2 mm. 
from the upper edge. 
Comal of light slate gray color, full of bright sparkle, found in broken con- 
dition. The specimen is Somewhat lopsided. 247.6 mm. long, 215.9 mm. wide, 
lower edge about 177.8 mm. wide, upper edge 133.8 mm. wide; thickness varies 
from 22.2 mm. to 23.8 mm. Hole 15.8 mm. diameter is located 44.4 mm. from 
the upper edge. 
Comal of gray steatite, 225.4 mm. long, 230.1 mm. wide, upper edge 88.9 mm. 
wide; thickness varies from 15.8 mm. to 23.8 mm. Hole 15.8 mm. diameter, 
30.1 mm. from the upper edge. The lower right-hand corner is broken off with 
a fracture 538.9 mm. long. (Pl. 12, a.) 
Comal of light slate gray color, 246 mm, iong, 209.5 mm. wide, lower edge 
203.2 mm. wide, upper edge 107.9 mm. wide, thickness varies from 22.2 mm. to 
23.8 mm. Hole 15.8 mm, diameter is located 49.2 mm. from the upper edge. 
(BIRD 69) 
STEATITE PIPES 
The pipes of the Channel Indians were worked from gray or black 
steatite, more rarely from other stone. The usual form is a straight 
conical tube, with the result that the Indian when smoking had to 
tip the bowl of his pipe upward in order to keep the contents from 
falling out. The boring was usually done from both ends and is 
often slender in the central portion of the pipe. A stem of bird bone, 
for instance the limb bone of a pelican, has been found inserted in the 
small end of the pipe in a considerable number of southern California 
specimens, made fast by sticking with asphalt. Some specimens that 
do not have the mouthpiece of bone show traces of the asphalt adhe- 
sive. A pipe from Santa Barbara, collected by Mr. Stephen Bowers 
