HOOK-LIKE IMPLEMENTS. 



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Fig. 94. 



Hook-like implement of stone. 



Fig. 95. 



implement, showing its width, is given in Fig. 95. This was presented- to 

 the Peabody Museum by Dr. Yarrow, and was obtained by Mr. Bowers in 

 the vicinity of Santa Barbara, 

 as was also another, which is 

 made of steatite (P. M. 11074), 

 and is about one-third longer 

 than the one figured. Another, 

 in size between the two above 

 mentioned, also made of stea- 

 tite, is of a more decided hook- 

 shape than the others, having 

 a pointed projection 1^ inches 

 long-. This specimen (P. M. 

 13276) was found in a grave at the isthmus on the island of Santa Catalina 

 by Mr. Schumacher, who also obtained three much smaller examples of 

 these peculiar implements (P. 

 M. 13154) from other graves 

 at the same place. Fig. 96 

 is a representation of one of 

 the small specimens, which 

 are made of the same kind 

 of slate of which some of the 



pipes and Other articles were Hook-like implement of stone, top view. 



manufactured. The one figured is the best finished and only perfect one 

 of the lot. This has been polished, and has a small hole drilled through 

 the portion I have called the " handle." It also fig. 96. 



differs from the others in having the "hook" on 

 the under side much smaller. The second speci- 

 men of this lot is nearly 2 \ inches long, and has a 

 pointed projection £ inch long, forming the hook. 

 The third specimen was much smaller, probably Hook-like implement of stone, 

 less than \\ inches in length, but only the hook portion was found. 



Designed, perhaps, for a somewhat similar use as the preceding is the 

 small implement (P. M. 13503) made of serpentine, which is represented in 



