holmes.) SHELL GORGETS FROM TENNESSEE. 465 



There are also various forms of noded ornaments on the rims of bowls. 

 The handles of vases are in a few cases effectively ornamented. In one 

 case the handle has been elaborated into a life form, representing a frog 

 or human figure. The arms are attached to the upper part of the handle 

 aud lie extended along the rim. The handle proper represents the 

 body, the breast being protruded. The legs lie flattened out upon the 

 shoulder of the vessel, the feet being bent back beneath the body ; height 

 34 inches. This vessel is illustrated in Fig. 139. 



PROM THE FIELDS OF FAIN's ISLAND. 



"articles op stone. 



62900. A very handsome specimen of grooved ax. It is made of a re- 

 markable variety of porphyritic diorite that resembles 

 breccia. 



The matrix has the appearance of a gray speckled quartzite ; 

 the angular inclusions being whitish feldspar, with dark- 

 greenish patches of hornblende. The surface is smooth and 

 shows but little wear. The length is 7 inches, the width 4, 

 and the thickness 2 inches. The groove is deep, and has 

 two well-defined bordering ridges. The head is low and 

 rounded, and occupies about one-third of the length of the 

 implement. The blade is well-formed, the sides being par- 

 allel or nearly so. The edge is slightly rounded in outline, 

 and is polished and sharp. 



'62907. A grooved stone ax, 5 inches in length, 4£ inches in width, and 1* 

 inches in thickness. The groove is placed as in the preceding 

 example, but has a bordering ridge on the upper side only. 

 The head is very large and narrow. The blade is rectangular 

 in outline, and has a rounded, moderately sharp edge. The 

 material is a compact graphic diorite (!). 



62904. A grooved ax, 4 inches in length, 3£ inches in width, and three- 



fourths of an inch in thickness. The groove, which is well 

 denned, has no lateral ridges. It seems to have been made 

 from a flattish, oval, river pebble. 



62902. Fragment of a pierced tablet of slate. 



62903. A well shaped disk of translucent quartz, If inches in diameter 



and three-fourths of an inch in thickness. The sides are 

 nearly flat, and the edge evenly rounded. The surface is 

 quite smooth. 



62905. Steatite pipe found on the surface of the mound. The bowl is 



about 6 inches in length and 1 inch in thickness. A section 

 is nearly square. The cavities are roughly excavated. 

 3 eth 30 



