Shale

This rock is gray to black in color and is formed from compressed clay. It is usually used as Shingles or as flooring.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
8509E	(none)	1928,1009.380e	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509F	(none)	1928,1009.380f	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509G	(none)	1928,1009.380g	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509H	(none)	(none)	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8509I	(none)	(none)	(none)	Set of buttons? [A-I] 9 black stone roundels, 8 of them inlaid with white dots, six round the edge and one central one: the 9th roundel plain. [J-O] And 6 bone squares, plain, one engraved. See field notes.[drawing] [P] And with them a bone rod with engraved lines.
8914	(none)	(none)	B16748	(none)
8935A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
8935B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
8935C	(none)	(none)	B16749	[A-C] 3 handles? Apparently 3 rods made of rings alternately white shell and black shale (?) strung on a reed, the whole ending in a shell handle-knob. [drawing 1:1]
9265	(none)	1928,1009.59	(none)	Button seal Black shale? One side flat, the other convex On the convex side 4 sets of concentric rings Pl. 62 vol. IV L.BM. 120576
9355	(none)	(none)	(none)	Plaque and shell fragments Plaque is square, made of shale, and set with five shell circles in one face like a domino number 5. Two of the circles missing. Fragments of shell plaques, one bearing traces of red paint and engraved with the figure of an eagle attacking the back of a bull ? A fresh water shell L.008 from the valve end.
9510	(none)	(none)	(none)	2 Shale pieces for Inlay. One a disk with a shallow diametrical groove on one side, the other a circular piece, flat on one side, convex on the other. Originally both may have been fitted together as an inlaid eye for a statue. Criss-cross impressions on each are perhaps to be attributed to a fibrous material by which the two were originally fixed together.