394 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS, CENTRAL FLORIDA W.-COAST. 



A rude pipe of earthenware, also of common type, has the bowl slightly 



flaring. 



Part of a pipe of earthenware, similar in shape to those of soapstone, came 

 from the mound. There was found also a small " Monitor" i^ipe of earthenware, 

 somewhat broken. This is the first example of this t.ype of pipe met with in penin- 



FiG. 37. — Sherd. Mound near Crystal river. (Half size.) 



sular Florida. There was also in the mound a great pipe of soft lime-rock, found in 

 pieces, but since restored. In shape it is the same as those of soapstone. Each arm 

 is 5.5 inches in length. The measurement across each end is 2.25 inches ; the 

 openings are about 1.25 inches each, in diameter. 



A flat tube of earthenware, perhaps used for a ceremony with smoke, came 

 from the mound proper (Fig. 39). 



Throughout the investigation were met with, in the elevated ground and in the 

 mound proper, a large number of shell cups wrought from Fulgur perversum, some 

 imperforate, but the great majority with the mortuary perforation. There were 

 also eight or ten drinking cups made from what is known as the "horse-conch" 

 {Fasciolaria) along the Florida coast. One of these cups is shown in Fig. 40. We 

 do not recall before having met with a drinking cup made from this shell, although 

 the shell was largely used in the manufacture of implements in aboriginal times. 



One drinking cup wrought from Melongena corona, the first we have seen, was 

 found during the investigation. 



During our work, there were met with sixty columelke of large marine uni- 

 valves, sometimes a considerable number with a single burial. These columellas 

 had been at times ground squarely across one end to serve as chisels, and sometimes 

 given a circular edge for use as gouges. Occasionally, a wing, or flange, was left to 

 increase the gauge of the edge. 



There were found also ten gouges made from triangular sections of the body- 



