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STONE OKNAMENTS. 



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Dirtlrict. 



Central North Carolina. 



Eastern Tennessee 



Savannah, Georgia 



Picks. 



The relics known as picks from tlieir form and not at all from 



function vary considerably in size. 



Not all are jierforated. A good exam- 

 ple, shown in figure 150, is of striped 



slate, from Knox county, Ohio. There 



are also in the collection, from Union 

 county, Mississippi, one 

 specimen of greenstone; 

 from Jackson county, 

 North Carolina, one of 

 slate, and from Montgom- 

 ery county, North Caro- 

 lina, one each of steatite 

 and slate. The last named 

 IS the half of a larger one 

 that was broken at the 

 part drilled, and has had 



riG.i5o.-Piok. a iiQie drilled near the 



larger end of this fragment, which has 



not been reworked. 



I li,. 149.— Pendant. 



their 



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Spool-shape (.)rnaments. 



Eeiics of spool shape, probably ornamental rather than industrially 

 useful, are not uncommon in copper, though very rare in stone. 

 The sijecimen shown in figure 151 is ot sand- 

 stone, fi'om .1 ackson county, Arkansas. There 

 are also, from Prairie and Lonoke counties, 

 one each of sandstone, and from Jackson 

 county two of the same material ; from Clark 

 county there is one of pinkish slate, with 

 the stem drilled between and parallel to the fig isL-siHioisiiai.e ornament. 

 faces, the others with stems drilled lengthwise. 



BiKD-sHAPE Stones. 



Stone relics of bird form are quite common north of the Ohio river, 

 but are exceedingly rare south of that stream. A good example, show n 



