Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881Third Ann | Page 4

inches.
63058. Arrows used with the blow-gun. The shafts, which are made of
hickory wood, are 2 feet in length and very slender. The shooting end
has a conical point; the feather end is dressed with thistle-down, tied on
in overlapping layers with thread or sinew. The tip of down completely
fills the barrel of the gun; and the arrow, when inserted in the larger end
and blown with a strong puff, has a remarkable carrying and

penetrating power.
63085. Thistle-heads, probably the Cnicus lanceolatus, from which the
down is obtained in preparing the arrows of the blow-gun.
63061. Ball-sticks or racquets made of hickory wood. Rods of this
tough wood, about 7 feet long, are dressed to the proper shape, the ends
having a semicircular section, the middle part being flat. Each is bent
and the ends united to form a handle, leaving a pear-shaped loop 6
inches in width by about 12 in length, which is filled with a network of
leather or bark strings sufficiently close to hold the ball.
63061. Ball, 1½ inches in diameter, covered with buckskin, used with
the racquets in playing the celebrated ball game of the Cherokee,
Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians.
ANIMAL SUBSTANCES.
63071. Shell, probably a Unio, used by potters to scrape the surface of
clay vessels; seen in use.
63081. Comb made of horn. The teeth are 2 inches in length, and have
been made with a saw. It is used in dressing the hair.
63085. Charm made of feathers and snake rattles; worn on the head or
on some part of the costume.
63082. Awl of iron set in a handle of deer's horn.

COLLECTIONS FROM COCKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
FROM FIELDS NEAR NEWPORT.
ARTICLES OF STONE.
62752. Grooved ax, 8 inches in length, 3½ in width, and about 1 in
thickness; one side is quite flat, the other convex. The material is a

banded schistose slate.
62758. A fine specimen of grooved ax, 7 inches in length, 4 in width,
and 1½ in thickness. The groove is wide and shallow, and is bordered
by two narrow ridges, which are in sharp relief all the way around. The
material appears to be a greenish-gray diorite.
62759. A grooved ax, 6 inches long, 3½ inches wide, and 1 inch thick.
This specimen is similar to the preceding, the groove being deeper on
the lateral edges of the implement, and the upper end less prominent. It
is made of a fine-grained gray sandstone.
62753. Fragment of a grooved ax, of gray slate. The groove is shallow
and irregular.
62754. Celt of compact gray sandstone, somewhat chipped at the ends.
It is 6½ inches in length by 2½ in width and 1½ in thickness. One face
is flat, the other convex. The sides are nearly parallel. A transverse
section would be sub rectangular.
62755. Fragment of celt, 3 inches in length by 2 in width and about 1½
in thickness. The material is a fine grained sandstone or a diorite.
62756. A long, slender celt, very carefully finished, 7 inches in length,
2 in width, and less than 1 in thickness. The material is a very compact
gray slate. It has apparently been recently used as a scythe-stone by
some harvester.
62757. Fragment of a small, narrow celt, both ends of which are lost.
Material, gray diorite.
62760. Heavy celt of gray diorite, 8 inches in length by 3 in width and
2½ in thickness.
62762. A pestle of gray diorite, with enlarged base and tapering top, 5½
inches in length and 3 inches in diameter at the base.
62751. A pestle of banded schistose slate, 15 inches in length, and 2½

inches in diameter in the middle, tapering symmetrically toward the
ends, which terminate in rounded points.
62763. A ceremonial (?) stone resembling somewhat a small
broad-bladed pick, the outline being nearly semicircular. It is pierced as
a pick is pierced for the insertion of a handle. It is 2½ inches in length,
1½ in width, and three-fourths of an inch in thickness. The material is a
soft greenish mottled serpentine, or serpentinoid limestone. Fig. 116.
[Illustration: Fig. 116.]
62761. A pierced tablet of gray slate, 4½ inches long, 1½ inches wide,
and half an inch thick. The two perforations are 2½ inches apart; they
have been bored from opposite sides, and show no evidence of use.
Nine notches have been cut in one end of the tablet. It has been much
injured by recent use as a whetstone.
62764. Cup stone of rough sandstone, having seventeen shallow
cup-like depressions, from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The stone is of
irregular outline, about 10 inches in diameter and 4 in thickness.
62765. A large pipe of gray steatite; the bowl is square and about 3
inches in length, by 1 in diameter.