648 



EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



in tbe mines. This is practically the only grooved implement found in 

 Europe. The Brothei^s Siret found similar implements in the mines of 

 southeastern Spain. The British Museum has some specimens from the 

 English mines. 



No. 79 is a weapon or implement belonging to the modern Indians, 

 a quartzite pebble weighing 2 pounds, incased in rawhide, which con- 

 tinues and is sewed around the withe which forms the handle. 



OKNAMBNTS, CEREMONIAL AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS, GrAMING IM- 

 PLEMENTS. 



There are a great number of objects widely different in form and 

 material, but which, with all their differences, may be classed together. 

 They have largely passed out of use by the modern Indians, and their 



Fig. 23. ■ 

 BANNEU STONES, OU DRILLED CEUEMO.NIAL WEAPONS (i). 



