Thursday, July 14, 2011

Stone ornaments of the American Indian

Norman forwarded the following:

Subject: Stone ornaments used by Indians in the United States and Canada : being a description of certain charm stones, gorgets, tubes, bird stones and problematical forms (1917)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/37280257/Stone-ornaments-used-by-Indians-in-the-United-States-and-Canada-being-a-description-of-certain-charm-stones-gorgets-tubes-bird-stones-and-problem

2 comments :

Tim MacSweeney said...

Found this also at "Google Books," related books as well, and lots of illustrations...

JimP said...

During the contact period, I found numerous references to, "thunder stones." Allegedly these were stones found at the base of trees struck by lightning.