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STONE IMPLEMENTS OF TENNESSEE. 



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02763. A ceremonial (?) stone resembling somewhat a small broad- 

 bladed pick, the outline being nearly semicircular. It is 

 pierced as a pick is pierced for the insertion of a handle. It 

 is 2 J inches in length, li in width, and three fourths of an 

 inch in thickness. The material is a soft greenish mottled 

 serpentine, or serpentinoid limestone. Fig. 116. 



Fig. 116. 



62761. A pierced tablet of gray slate, 4 J inches long, li inches wide, 

 and half an inch thick. The two perforations are 2.J inches 

 apart ; they have been bored from opposite sides, and show 

 no evidence of use. Nine notches have been cut in one end 

 of the tablet. It has been much injured by recent use as a 

 whetstone. 



02704. Cup stone of rough sandstone, having seventeen shallow cup- 

 like depressions, from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The stone 

 is of irregular outline, about 10 inches in diameter and 4 in 

 thickness. 



62765. A large pipe of gray steatite; the bowl is square and about 3 

 inches in length by 1 in diameter. The stem end is 4 inches 

 in length and three-fourths of an inch in diameter. The 

 bowl has a deep, conical excavation. The same is true of 

 the stem-end also. 



