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Some Sculptured Artifacts from Eastern Montana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

William Mulloy  and
Oscar Lewis
William Mulloy
Affiliation:
The Montana Archaeological Survey
Oscar Lewis
Affiliation:
The Montana Archaeological Survey
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Extract

Three peculiar carved stone objects from eastern Montana merit mention, because carved biomorphic forms are otherwise almost entirely absent from this area (Fig. 27).

One was found on the surface about twenty miles south of Glendive, Montana. It is a vaguely trapezoidal piece of rather hard pumice 4.7 inches high, 5.1 inches wide, and 3.5 inches thick, which had been smoothed throughout, apparently with a rubbing stone, though on the back and sides many irregularities remain. A large, flat area has been smoothed on the bottom, apparently to provide a base. On one side an excellent representation of a bison head has been carved in bas-relief. The background has been so reduced that the head is elevated .3 inch above it. The whole has been well smoothed and rounded and only a few striations remain which suggest that the work was probably done with a stone chip or similar tool. Each eye has been accentuated with a daub of what appears to be pitch.

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Information
American Antiquity , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , January 1944 , pp. 334 - 335
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1944

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References

1 William Mulloy, “Some Ancient Caves in The Yellowstone Valley.” unpublished ms. in the files of The Montana Archaeological Survey.