CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 4G3 



either end serves for suspension. A deep groove not possible to show in the cut is 

 on the base. Height, 1.3 inches ; width, 2.7 inches ; maximum thickness, 1.1 inches 

 (Fig. 15). 



A small sedimentary pebble evidently split during perforation, lay beneath a 

 cranium, three feet below the surface. With the two parts were an arrowhead and 

 a chip of chert. 



Tobacco pipe. — But one tobacco pipe of stone came from the Shields mound. 

 The material was Steatite and the type that of other stone pipes of the neighbor- 

 hood. It was associated with human remains at a depth of three feet, and with 

 it were an arrowhead and a few shell beads. Height, 3.7 inches; maximum length, 

 3.8 inches; orifice of bowl, 1.4 inches by 1.5 inches; orifice of stem, 1.2 inches by 

 1.3 inches (Fig. 16). 



Fig. 16. — Tobacco pipe of soapstone. Shields mound. 

 (Full size.) 



Section of Fig. 17. 

 (Full size.) 



Fig. 17. — Weapon of chipped chert. Shields mound. 

 (Full size.) 



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