268 Stone Implements and Ornaments. [ May, 
from the soil found it to be a very perfect specimen, but stained 
black over the portion which had been buried.! The only use to 
which such tools could have been devoted was the tanning, cut- 
ting, or scraping of hides and skins. Another curious form of 
the same may be seen in Figure 54, whch is probably unique. 
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Nowe eee ewer 
(Fie 54.) FLESHER OF JASPER. 
(Fie. 55.) 
smooth on each side, and is scarcely a third of an inch thick. 
The end of the handle is wanting. I can conceive of no use for 
which this spatulate instrument could have been intended except 
skin-dressing. The edges are blunt and rounded, and it may 
have been employed in culinary operations as a spoon or ladle. 
Numerous serrated implements were picked up among the 
débris of the ruins, of different sizes and forms, which were evi- 
dently intended for sawing. The fragments of some indicated 
that the entire instrument had been several inches in length and 
an inch or so broad. One, however (Figure 55), was a circular 
stone of a bright-green color, in which the entire circumference 
(with the exception of a small arc) had been toothed or chipped. 
This was probably used in the same manner as the straight saws, 
being held between the finger and thumb. 
Chisels, awls, borers and rimmers occur in abundance. The 
chisels or pointed tools were probably used in chipping out hiero- 
glyphics. The awls, borers, and rimmers were employed in per- 
_ forating skins; wood, stone, etc. 
Among the pottery and pendants may be seen holes made by 
1 See Figure 3, Plate I. 
