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on one side by a person to whom it was entrusted by Mr. McKinney. This object, 
which was about 2 feet down in the muck, became cracked superficially in drying 
in a way that might seem to represent carving in the figure. It has a peda 
groove surrounding it and shows work of a blunt tool over both terminal sur- 
faces. In shape the object resembles the head of a mace, for which the heavy 
mangrove wood would be especially fitted; but in the case of a mace there 
would be no cause to remove the handle. Possibly the object was used as a 
sort of hammer, with one end blunt, the other pointed, and was fastened at a 
right angle to a handle by means of the central groove. 
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Етс. 31.—Object of wood. Chokoloskee Key. (Half size.) 
A cup of a soft wood was found in the muck by Mr. McKinney (Fig. 30). 
Another object, in two parts, also of a soft wood, is shown photographed 
from a sketch in Fig. 31. There has been a rude decoration in black pigment, 
still discernible in places. Holes for attachment are at the base. The purpose 
for which this object was made is problematical. 
