Jet, Lignite, Anthracite, Cannel coal. Car- 
bonaceous materials used to some extent 
by Indians. Jet of excellent quality oc- 
curs in Colorado, and the Indians of the 
arid region employ it for jewelry and 
various carvings. Good examples of lig- 
nite ornaments were obtained by Fewkes 
from the ancient ruins of Arizona, and of 
jet by Pepper from the ruins of Chaco 
canyon, N. Mex. Among the latter is a 
well-sculptured frog decorated with inlaid 
designs in turquoise and shell. Cannel- 
coal objects are found in the Ohio valley 
mounds, but few specimens carved from 
anthracite are known. A small, well- 
carved human head of jet-like stone was 
obtained by Smith from a shell heap on 
lower Frazer r., Brit. Col., and Niblack 
says that the N. W. coast tribes pulverize 
lignite and mix it with oil for paint. 
Consult Fewkes in 22d Rep. B. A. E., 
1903; Niblack in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1888, 
1890; Pepper in Am. Anthrop., vii, 1905; 
Smith in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., iv, 
1903. (w. H. H.) 
