CALIFORNIA STONES OF IRREGULAR SHAPES. 



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Fig. 53. 



probably from Dos Pueblos or La Patera, and is now in the Smithsonian 

 collection (20365). It is represented by Fig. 53. 



A fine specimen, made of serpentine, and polished over half its sur- 

 face, was found in one of the graves on Santa Catalina Island, associated 

 with articles of European make. This is 2 

 inches in diameter and 1 inch in thickness. 

 The perforation is straight, f of an inch in di- 

 ameter, and is much worn (P. M. 13156). 



Another specimen of steatite from a grave 

 on Santa Catalina may well be called a stone 

 ring, as it is 2^ inches in diameter and only half 

 an inch thick, while the hole is about 1 inch 

 wide (P.M. 132'J3). 



Fig. 54 is a representation, of full size, of 

 the smallest of these regular circular stones. It 

 is from Santa Catalina (P. M. 13350); is made of steatite, and has been pol- 

 ished over its whole surface. This little ring, which might as well be classed 



Perforated stone from near Santa 

 Barbara. 



Fig. 54. 



Perforated stone from 

 the island of Santa 

 Catalina. 



with the stone beads or ornaments as with the group 

 of stones now under consideration, is only 1£ inches in 

 diameter and not quite £ inch thick. The perforation is 

 i inch in diameter. 



Among the perforated stones formed from basalt and 

 other hard minerals are some which are simply perforated 

 pebbles of oval shape. In the lot now under special 

 consideration, made of softer materials, are many of irreg- 

 ular and of oval forms, which seem to have been made simply by perfo- 

 rating pebbles, or irregularly-shaped fragments of stone. The largest of 

 these is shown on Plate X, Fig. 25. This is of serpentine, and is polished 

 over its whole surface, with the exception of a narrow band around the 

 edge, which is slightly battered, as if by use. The hole is 1\ inches in 

 diameter, with straight and polished sides. The stone is 3J inches in diam- 

 eter by 1 inch in thickness. This specimen was obtained by Mr. Schu- 

 macher on the island of Santa Cruz (P. M. 9301). 



Fig. 55 represents a small and somewhat oval pebble of steatite, 



