TYPES OF BANNER STONES. 



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polish before the hole is started ; others have the hole completed with the 

 exterior more or less unfinished. The specimens in the Bureau collec- 

 tion may be classified as follows : 



^4. Rectangular or trapezoidal, with sides and ends sometimes slighly 

 curved inward or outward. 



B. Reel-shape. 



C. Crescentic. 



J), Butterfly pattern. 



Fig. n5.— Gorget, boat-shape. 



Fig. 136. - Gor- 



fet reaemblin^ 

 oa t y h upe 

 stone 



The last three varieties may be considered as only modifications of 

 the simple rectangular banner .stones. By rounding oft' the corners of 

 the articles or dressing them to sharp points, by cutting away portions 

 from the sides or by trimming away the central portions at either or 

 both ends of the perforations, all these difl'erent forms may be pro- 

 duced. 



Flu. 137.— Banner stone. 



Fio. 138.— Banner .stone. 



A. A typical specimen is illustrated in figure 137. It is of slate, and 

 was taken from a mound in Kanawha valley. West Virginia. Another 

 gooa example, shown m figure 138, is of sandy slate, from a grave in 

 Monroe county, Tennessee. The geographic range of this type is wide, 

 though the objects are not abundant. 



