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double curves. It is represented by figure 146 (ferruginous quartz, 

 from Kanawha valley, West Virginia), and by a specimen of quartzite 

 from Union county, Mississippi. 



Boat-shape Stones. 



There are two types of relics, perhaps ceremonial, for which no use 

 has been determined, and which are named from their general resem- 

 blance to the form of a boat. They are as follows:' 



A. With flat face more or less hollowed, sides triangular and parallel. 

 A cumber are not perforated. The type is shown in figure 147 (striped 

 slate, fi'om Davidson county, North Carolina). 



B, Coming to a point at each end; flat side, deeply hollowed; perfora- 

 tions near the ends, with a groove between them in which the suspend- 

 ing cord rested. Some have a flattened projection m which the groove 



Fig. 147— Boat-shape stone. Fig. 148.— Boat shape stone. 



is made. The type (figure 148) is of steatite, from a grave in Sullivan 

 county, Tennessee. The distribution is as follows: 



' Some perforated stones that will not come under any of these heads are here noted separately 



under the National Museum numbers; 



131614. Ad elliptical piece of steatite, with notchesal each end lor suspension, •■ tallies all around 

 the edge, and four holes on the longer axis— Bradley count3-. Tennessee. 



62879. A stoatite oruameut, shape like a bird s head.— Jefl'erson county, Tennessee. 



131856. A short, wedge-shape ornament of [>iirite, drilled at the larger end.— Loudon county, Ten- 

 nessee ; also a similar but much larger ornament of indurated red clay, possibly catliuite, from a mound 

 in the same county, represented in figure 149. The edges of the holes are much worn by a cord. 



90847. A small ellip.soidal steatite bead, with several deep incisions around the edge.— Kanawha 

 valley, West Virginia. 



116335. A small marble bead ; form like the rim of a bottle mouth. — Bradley county, Tennessee. 



113943. Three small pendants of cannel coal. One is in shape like the keystone ot an arch, with 

 hole at smaller end; the other two are apparently in imitationof a bears tusk —Kanawha valley. West 

 Virginia. 



91761. A limestone celt, 6J inches long, either much weathered since made or else never highly 

 polished, with a large hole drilled in from both sides at the center.— Bartow county, Georgia. 



116067. A sandstone celt, with a hole drilled near one corner at the top.— Loudon county, Tennessee. 



97764. A large polished piece of steatite, curved from end to end, or claw-shaped. One end is 

 pointed ; the other blunt and rounded, with a hole drilled through it —Caldwell county. North Caro- 

 lina. 



