SMALL CUPS OF STONE. 1 1 3 



A still smaller, globular, and symmetrical cup (P. M., 13146), about 

 2.5 inches in diameter by 1.5 high, is smoothly finished on the outside, and 

 ornamented by four rows of shallow indentations, like the punch-marks on 

 rude pottery. These marks extend from the lip to the central portion of 

 the bottom of the cup. On one side, close to the lip, there are six clots or 

 small pits uniting with two of the downward lines. — F. W. P.] 



A cup nearly resembling the one shown on Plate VI, Fig. 5, is much 

 smaller and a trifle less bulging at the sides, thus making the diameter of 

 the mouth and the greatest diameter of the cup more nearly equal. 



Fig. 1, Plate VI, represents a form varying in some respects from the 

 last, and approaching both the typical mortar and the bowls. This cup 

 is carefully carved in steatite, and still shows the flint-knife marks and 

 scratches over its entire surface, which has been smoothed but not- pol- 

 ished. The general outline is symmetrical, and the sides are straighter 

 and thicker than in any other of the specimens of similar pattern. The 

 measurements of this stone cup are: Greatest diameter, 3.5 inches; height, 

 exteriorly, 2.8 inches ; thickness of sides varying from .3 to .35 of an inch. 



Fig. 11, Plate VI, represents a symmetrical and beautifully-finished 

 example of serpentine cup. This specimen varies in its pattern from the 

 others described, but more nearly approaches Fig. 7 of same plate, except 

 in size. On the base and sides are still seen the tool-marks, which subse- 

 quent polishing have but partially obliterated. At the rim, which is some- 

 what less in circumference than the base, there is a narrow incised line, 

 but no further markings of a decorative character. The rim itself is level 

 and highly polished. A faint trace of red pigment in the deeper tool- 

 marks on the bottom shows that the cup has been used as a receptacle 

 for this material. The measurements of this specimen are : Diameter of the 

 mouth, 2.6 inches ; of the base or greatest diameter, 3 inches ; height, exte- 

 riorly, 2.5 inches. 



Fig. 9, Plate VI, represents a diminutive example of these small ves- 

 sels, which closely resembles the preceding, but is of much smaller size. 

 Broad and flattened upon the base, the sides curve upward and inward to 

 a narrow edge, which shows in one portion of its extent a narrow, incised 

 line. Below this, on the sides of the cup, are a few very faint lines, 

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