PESTLES MADE OP STONE. 



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Fig. 27 



This example varies from the foregoing' in having but a single collar, 

 which is well defined ; and beyond this the pestle extends a little over 

 an inch, with uniformly decreasing diam- fig. 25. Fig. 2S. 



eter, but terminates in a blunt 1 point. 



The pounding end is somewhat more 

 bulo-ino- than in the others, is well worn, 

 but not battered, and appears to be of 

 denser structure than the head, or has 

 escaped some destructive agent to which 

 other portions have been exposed. 



Fig. 2G represents a pestle, half an 

 inch less in length, and a little smaller in 

 its greatest diameter than the one last- 

 described. While in general shape it is 

 cpiite similar, the material of which it is 

 made is much more compact, and the 

 implement, although smaller, is heavier. 

 It has considerable polish extending over 

 much of its surface, but not obliterating 

 the marks of the pecking or hammering 

 by which it was reduced to its present 

 shape. In common with the preceding, 

 it has a single projecting collar at the 

 head, beyond which the. stone extends, 

 of a uniform cylindrical shape, for one 



inch Stone pestles, J. 



Fig. 27 represents a somewhat smaller specimen, that in general out- 

 line closely resembles pestles which have been found in interior and east- 

 ern localities. This specimen measures 8 inches in circumference at the 

 end, and gradually decreases in girth from near the end to what I have 

 termed the head. The projecting ring or collar is not so prominent as in 

 the preceding examples, and, quite unlike all the others, is much farther 

 from the head, being about three and three-fourths inches distant. 



Besides the specimens here described in detail there are many others 



