214 MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS MADE OF STONE. 



Other specimens show no trace of alteration of their natural surface, and 

 their use as ornaments becomes somewhat doubtful. Might they not rather 

 have been the toys of children ? A single specimen in the collection, how- 

 ever (Fig. 93), throws some light on the use of the smaller pebbles. This 

 fig. 93. specimen is an admirable imitation of an acorn, and consists of 

 a small pinkish pebble of quartz carefully inserted into a por- 

 tion of the vertebrae of a fish, which has been rubbed or cut 

 down in size until it resembles an acorn-cup in shape. With 

 these pebbles and the "acorn" ornament, there are five speci- 

 ^-SMsr mens of fish vertebra? of different sizes, but much larger than that 



Acorn-like or- . 



nament. illustrated in rig. 9o. With one exception, they have been 

 much cut or ground down to their present cup-shaped condition. 



In some of the graves at Dos Pueblos, and at other places, were found 

 small lots of ordinary quartz crystals of moderate size. These have in no 

 way had their natural surfaces intentionally altered ; but the sharp defining 

 lines of the several faces of each crystal have been worn away, indicating 

 that for a long time they have been subjected to violent rubbing action as 

 though constantly jostled together in a bag. For what particular purpose 

 these quartz crystals were gathered cannot be determined, but they may 

 have once formed the mysterious contents of the bags of " medicine-men," 

 or the choice play-things of children. 



[A number of peculiar implements unlike any heretofore described, to 

 my knowledge, have been obtained from the graves in the vicinity of Santa 

 Barbara, and the adjacent islands, but until implements of similar forms are 

 noticed in actual use, or are found under such conditions as may suggest 

 their application, it is hardly worth while to do more than call attention to 

 them. That they are implements and not ornaments is apparent from the 

 signs of use which they all more or less exhibit. Among the most inter- 

 esting of these are several hook-like implements which vary in size and 

 also somewhat in their form, but they all have a hook -like projection at 

 one end, with the opposite end more or less thickened, as if intended for a 

 handle. Fig. 94 is a representation of one of the three largest. It is made 

 of serpentine, and has been highly polished. The hook -like projection on 

 the under side has been broken off the specimen figured. A top view of this 



