1909.] 



USED BY AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. 



principal incisions, which will be again referred to in dealing with 

 Fig. 4. 



Fig. 3 is the convex face of the stone, which contains about eighty- 

 marks similar in character to those of Fig. i. 



Fig. 4 has been introduced to exhibit the position of an irregular 

 spiral incision which extends quite around the implement in a little 

 over three folds. The firm black line on the diagram represents the 

 cuts facing the observer; the dotted lines indicate their position on 



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Figs. 1-5. Views of a Ceremonial Stone used by the Australian Aborigines. 



the other side, if the stone were transparent. The position of the 

 spiral on one of the edges of the stone is shown in Fig. 2. The com- 

 mencement and end of the spiral appears on Fig. i. It begins at 

 three and seven-eighths of an inch from the apex and terminates at 

 five and one-eighth inches. 



