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The edges are rounded and at the extreme tip the wall of the bone is beveled a 
little on the outside and inside surfaces. (PI. 20, a, 1.) 
Tip fragment of bone point, 40 mm. long, 9.5 mm. wide, 4 mm. thick. All 
edges are fractures, yet were probably purposely broken so as to shape the 
implement. The tip is the full thickness of the specimen, the edges only taper- 
ing in to form the point. (PI. 20, a, 2.) 
Tip fragment of bone implement made of the cannon bone of the deer, 78 mm. 
long, 21.5 mm. wide. The wall of the bone averages perhaps 6 mm. in thick- 
ness. The only working is the beveling of the bone to a point, which continues 
throughout the fragment. The entire specimen was presumably similar in 
shape to the next specimen described below. The butt is an old fracture. The 
implement was evidently large and strong. The extreme tip is beveled a little 
from both sides. (Pl. 20, a, 3.) 
Entire bone implement made of the cannon bone of the deer, 104 mm. long, 
29 mm. wide, 14 mm. thick. The wall of the bone averages perhaps 6 mm. in 
diameter. The beveling starts 45 mm. from the tip but there is a fracture off 
both edges so as to make the tip narrower than it originally was. (PI. 20, a, 4.) 
MISCELLANEOUS BONE POINTS 
Tip fragment of bone point, 32 mm. long, 5.5 mm. diameter. The entire inside 
is a fracture. This is a splinter from the edge or corner of a worked bone 
implement. There are transverse raspings all along the left half of the obverse 
surface. 
Tip fragment of bone point, 29 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, 4 mm. thick. The butt 
is a fracture. The tip is blunt and there is an adjacent fracture on the left 
edge. The specimen is made of the wall of the large long bone. The left edge 
consists largely of a fracture. The point was originally sharper and it is 
evidently a fragment of a bone awl or like implement. 
Fragment of a bone implement, 24 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, 2 mm. thick. All 
surfaces except the outside are fractures. 
Central fragment of bone implement, probably a bone point, 48 mm. long, 
10.5 mm. wide, 7 mm. thick. Inside has some white discoloration. 
Central fragment of bone implement, 27 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 4 mm, thick. 
Perhaps a section of a bone point. The specimen has so little taper that one 
ean not be certain which was the former tip end. The obverse has a natural 
groove running down its center. 
Tip fragment of bone point, 43.5 mm. long, 9.5 mm. diameter. The reverse 
is flattish. The outside and one edge are the former surface of the bone. The 
other surfaces are very rough, abraided and dirty. The specimen is somewhat 
triangular in section. J 
Tip fragment of bone point. Outside can not be determined. 386.5 mm. long, 
15 mm. wide, 11 mm, thick. A most curious fragment, different from anything 
else in the collection. The bone is solid and hard and has been thought by some 
to be that of some fossilized animal. The surface shows fine checks or faults 
that run in irregular direction. One surface is flat, but is not a former outside 
surface of bone. The point is blunt and shows no sign of use. The reverse 
surface has some larger transverse faults near the butt fracture. The specimen 
was determined by Mr. Earl VY. Shannon, of the Division of Geology, U. S. 
National Museum, to be bone. 
Central fragment of bone point; outside can not be determined. 29.5 mm. 
long, 8 mm, wide, 2 mm. thick. Almost round in section. Evidently a fragment 
of a bone pin or like implement. 
