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^[[Ky upper Jan-June 1885]]
[[stamped]]S 19667[[/stamped]]
^[[JYB 2 copies RDG.]]
^[[2 copies T. 12-23-85]]
^[[Mus. report.]]


[[underline]] Report on the operations in the Department of Antiquities, U.S. National Museum during the half year ending June 30th 1885.[[/underline]]

[[underline]] Review of important additions. [[/underline]]

[[underline]] Massachusetts.[[/underline]]

[[underline]] E.J. Rockwood, Worcester. [[/underline]] A cast of a stone carving in the shape of a beaver. The original, made of a gneissoid stone with small particles of black mica, was found in East Brookfield, Worcester County. The specimen was loaned by Mr. Rockwood, and a cast taken in the National Museum.

[[underline]] Connecticut.[[/underline]]

[[underline]] D.N. Couch, Norwalk.[[/underline]] A large copper spearhead with broad straight base, found in the drift of the valley of the Norwalk River. This specimen is of great interest on account of showing not only the lamination produced by beating a piece of native copper, but also, on one side, the ridges and other projections which have wrongly been considered as resulting from the process of smelting.

[[underline]] New York. [[/underline]]

[[underline]] J.S. Twining, Copenhagen, Lewis County.[[/underline]] A cast of a pipe of steatite of a mottled, dark grayish-brown color. The original was found within an old earthwork