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PEEFORATED STONES. 



(P. M. 13596) is in shape like a large hen's egg. Its long diameter is 4f 

 inches, transverse 3£, and measured through the hole, it is 3J inches. The 

 perforation is 1 £ to If- inches at each end and tapers to § of an inch in 

 diameter at the centre. The surface of the stone does not exhibit the least 

 signs of battering, and the perforation looks as if it had not been made to 

 the full size intended. 



There now remain to be mentioned three rough pieces of steatite from 

 the island of Santa Catalina, which may be rude sinkers. One of these 

 (P. M. 13361) was found in the shellheap by Mr. Schumacher, and is shown 

 Fig. 58. of fidl size in Fig. 58. This stone is of un- 



equal thickness, but nowhere exceeds £ an 

 inch. 



The second piece of steatite (P. M. 13423) 

 was found in Pots Valley. It has the appear- 

 ance of a water-worn pebble of irregular shape, 

 and a large piece has been split off from one 

 face while in use. The perforation was made 

 by pecking on each face of the stone, and 

 where the two pits meet the hole is not over £ 

 of an inch in diameter. This rude specimen 

 is very much like the two represented on Plate 

 X, Figs. 7 and 12, though larger, as it is about 

 1 inch thick and 3 by 3J inches in diameter. 

 The third rough piece of potstone (P. M. 13426) was also found by Mr. 

 Schumacher in Pots Valley. It is apparently one-half of a large rude sinker 

 like those from Tennessee, of which one is shown on Plate X, Fig. 10. 



Two perforated stones, of which figures are given (p. 189), were found 

 in the shellheap on the island of Santa Catalina. They are unlike any that 

 have been recorded in the preceding pages, and probably were intended for 

 entirely different purposes, but as so many forms of unknown use have 

 been mentioned in this chapter it will not now be out of place to include 

 these at its conclusion. Fig. 59 represents an ovoid piece of talcose slate, 

 which has been carefully and symmetrically shaped, as will be seen by the 

 figure. It is flat on one surface and slightly convex on the opposite, and 

 the edges are smooth and rounded. This stone (P. M. 13387) was broken 



Rude sinker from the island of Santa 

 Catalina. 



