| Fig. 132. 62868 |
62868. An amulet or charm of dark-greenish rock, probably a serpentine, carved to represent a bird's head. The more highly polished parts are quite dark, while freshly cut lines are whitish. The head is graphically represented, the bill, the eye, and nostril being well shown. A stand-like base takes the place of the body of the bird. Around this, near the bottom, a groove has been cut for the purpose of attaching a string or securing a handle. In dressing the surface some implement has been used that has left file-like scratches. [Fig. 132] represents this object natural size.
62773. Fragment of a stone disk or wheel that has lines cut upon it resembling in arrangement the grooves of an ordinary millstone. Diameter, 6 inches; thickness, 2 inches. This is probably not an aboriginal work.
| Fig. 133. 63186 |
63186. A banner-stone of unusual shape, made of gray slate. The cut, [Fig. 133], represents this object three-fourths natural size.
The perforation is one-half an inch in diameter, and is quite symmetrical. The entire surface is well polished.
[ ARTICLES OF CLAY.]
A few specimens of potsherds were collected from the fields about Sevierville.
Most of these are identical in every way with the pottery of the mound, but three examples are of a totally different type. The material of these is a fine sandy clay, tempered with a large percentage of finely pulverized mica.