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Fig. 89. 



are frequently found iu the sepulchral tumuli of Georgia, associated with 

 articles of use and ornament, the property of the dead at the period of the 

 inhumation. * * * Being thick, and readily reflecting the opposed 

 image, they answer tolerably well the purposes of looking-glasses." The Cali- 

 fornia specimen is quite too small, being but little more than an inch square, to 

 use as a mirror, and it is seldom that a fragment occurs in New Jersey larger 

 than 3 inches each way. As this mineral is usually so charged with other 

 materials that it seldom reflects an image, it seems more likely that its bril- 

 liant display of prismatic tints was the cause of its adoption for ornaments. 



Other specimens of ornamental wrought stones are cylindrical and 

 pointed, such as shown by Figs. 87 and 88, which have well-defined heads 

 and points; the former having a care- Fig. 87. 

 fully-drilled hole. The specimens, /sPlft fig. 88. 



indeed, suggest a needle; but we are 

 inclined to consider them pendants, 

 probably placed on strings of beads 

 forming necklaces. Two specimens 

 from Dos Pueblos are perfect. They 

 are made of serpentine, dark in color, 

 highly polished, and symmetrical. stone pendant - StoM P endaut - stone ornament. 

 One is a little larger than the other, and proportionately thicker. They 

 measure, respectively, 1£ and 1£ inches in length. 



Associated with these pendants is a curiously wrought and perforated 

 stone, Fig. 89, that has much the appearance of four beads which have not 

 been cut apart. The illustration so clearly exhibits its peculiarities that 

 further description is unnecessary. The mineral is the same as the small 

 needle-like pendants. 



[Another carved stone, which must 

 for the present be classed as an orna- 

 ment, is shown of its full size in Fig. 90. 

 This carving, which is of serpentine, looks 

 as if designed to represent the rattle of a 

 rattlesnake. It was found by Mr. Schumacher in Pots Valley on the island 

 of Santa Catalina (P. M. 13439). 



Fig. 90. 



Ornament of stone. 



