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and in the easily cut steatite of the region, that their best -work in carving 

 was done. 



In the preceding pages attention has been called to rude ornamenta- 

 tion on various articles made of these soft stones. Generally this has con- 

 sisted of parallel and cross lines cut upon the surface of the stone, like the 

 rude ornamentation on early pottery, but by a reference to Figs. 2 and 4 of 

 Plate IX it will be seen that ornamentation by carving in relief was not only 

 attempted on the two pipes represented, but was successfull}' accomplished. 

 It is, however, to sculpture "in the round" that I wish particularly to 

 refer, in connection with three examples which have come to my per- 

 sonal knowledge as the work of the Southern Californians. 



Taken in connection with the marked difference which exists between 

 the crania from the island of Santa Catalina and those from the other isl- 

 ands of the group, as will be seen by reference to the special account of 

 the crania further on, for which I am indebted to Mr. Carr, it is of interest, 

 and perhaps of some ethnological importance, to dwell upon the fact that 

 these three carvings are from the island of Santa Catalina, or the island on 

 which the dolichocephalic people, whom I believe to be of northern ances- 

 try, were the leading type.* 



All three of these sculptures were collected by Mr. Schumacher during 

 his several trips to the island, but of one, now in the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion (No. 18360), and of which Fig. 100 is a representation, I onty have 

 the record that it was obtained on Santa Catalina Island. Of the others, 

 however, we have the special information that they were taken from graves 

 at Johnson's Place on the island. In the several graves opened at that place 

 were found the fine boat-shaped dish of steatite, one of the hook-like imple- 

 ments, and several other well-worked stones, with articles of bone, shell, 



* Mr. Schumacher, in his account of the exploration of San Nicholas Island (Bull, U. S. Geological 

 and Geographical Surreys, vol. iii, No. 1), mentions that he found sculptures in serpentine representing 

 sea-lions, fishes, and birds ; and in a letter to me he states that these carvings were sent to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. It is therefore probable that they are the carvings now in the National Museum, 

 to which Mr. Henshaw has kindly called my attention. These, Mr. Henshaw states, are two (20426, 

 20427) representations of cetaceans, one (20428) of a seal or sea-lion, and two specimens (20387, 20400) 

 of objects which he regards as of doubtful determination. These specimens are, however, now labelled 

 "Santa Barbara," and while I can hardly doubt that they are the carvings referred to by Mr. Schu- 

 macher, their authenticity must be ascertained before they can be regarded of importance in relation 

 to any difference that may have existed between the tribes on some of the islands and 1bose of the 

 mainland about Santa Barbara. 



