Beads (Fig. 49)

There are numerous tubular beads of bird and small mammal bones. These

range in length from 1⅜ inches to ½ inch; most are of the shorter

variety. Apparently the bone was polished and prepared, then a groove

or series of grooves was cut, the sections broken out, and the ends

smoothed.

Two lower canine teeth, (one of badger, _taxidea_, the other

unidentified), were evidently used as ornaments. Both show a lustrous

polish. At the end of the root a small groove, or series of parallel

incisions, was cut out for suspension. One is ¼ inch, the other 1 inch

in length. A small (1 inch × ½ inch) piece of bone (Fig. 51, top left)

with a groove cut at the top may have been used as a pendant.

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