1-8895, [pl. 9], fig. 8, found twenty-seven feet beneath the surface in stratum VIII, may be taken as the prevailing type. The needle is a thin, pointed instrument, oval in cross section, blunt at the back end, well finished throughout. To this class also belongs a number of fragments found in different strata up to the VIIIth.
b. Curved Needles.
1-8901, [pl. 9], fig. 9, from stratum VIII, represents this type. The needle is very slender and thin and of good workmanship. Unfortunately it is broken off at the smooth posterior end.[[132]]
c. Needles with “Eyes.”
We have also only one specimen of this type, 1-8735, [pl. 9], fig. 10, from stratum V. It is straight, round in cross section and tapering at the perforated end.[[133]] The bluntness of the point must be the result of use.
d. Long Crooked Needles.
1-8831, [pl. 9], fig. 7, a well preserved and seemingly perfect specimen, was found in stratum VIIa, in the tunnel, from eleven to fourteen feet below the surface. It consists of a long, thin rib pointed at the stronger end, thereby exposing the canal within.[[134]]
Among those found there is also a needle of fish bone and likewise one made from the spine of a stingray.
[132] Comp. the objects found in a shellmound in New England, Am. Naturalist, I; pl. 15, fig. 17; it, however, is broader.