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PERFORATED STONES. 



is about 1-^ inches in diameter. There are still some traces of the polished 

 surface on one face of the stone, and on this face four pairs of nearly paral- 

 lel lines, about a quarter of an inch apart, extend at equal distances from 

 the margin of the hole to about the central portion of the sides of the stone. 



From Pots Valley Mr. Schumacher obtained a small perforated stone 

 of steatite, which in two places on each face has small notches cut from the 

 margin of the hole. This stone is only 1 inch thick and 2 inches in diam- 

 eter. The hole was made by boring from one face through to the other, 

 and tapers throughout. At the smallest end it is a little over half an inch 

 in diameter. 



Of the five specimens from the shellheap on Santa Catalina Island, one 

 is a ring of serpentine, highly polished on one face, and over this polished 

 portion are ten nearly obliterated short lines diverging from the margin of 

 the hole. The hole has straight sides, and is about 1 inch in diameter. 

 The stone is 1J inches thick and 2£ in diameter. 



fig. 49. 



Perforated stone from island of Santa Catalina. 



A larger stone of steatite 2J inches thick by 3\ in diameter, and with 

 a nearly straight hole about 1J inches in diameter, has a similar ornamen- 

 tation on the polished end ; but in this instance there are about thirty lines, 

 each about half an inch in length, diverging from the margin of the hole 

 (P. M. 1335-S). 



