. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . 220 Pig. Repeesentations. animals have been subjects of fraudulent manufacture. The fortunatefinder of such a specimen should take every means possible, by the call-ing of witnesses, identification of the precise locality, the preservation,if possible, of the matrix or bed in which it is found, and by any othermeans, to preserve the evidences of its authenticity and genuineness. A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 669 SHELL IMPLEMENTS AND Fig. 42.—Shell innilementa and ornaments (,. 670 REPOET OF
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . 220 Pig. Repeesentations. animals have been subjects of fraudulent manufacture. The fortunatefinder of such a specimen should take every means possible, by the call-ing of witnesses, identification of the precise locality, the preservation,if possible, of the matrix or bed in which it is found, and by any othermeans, to preserve the evidences of its authenticity and genuineness. A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 669 SHELL IMPLEMENTS AND Fig. 42.—Shell innilementa and ornaments (,. 670 REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. The various shells of the rivers and ocean furnished a material ofgreat value to prehistoric man, and one which he could without muchlabor apply to a variety of uses. Small shells were perforated andused as beads; others were cut from the clam and mussel shells, whichfurnished the wampum. The haliotis was ground from the back andcenter so as to form bracelets. The same ornament made in the sameway has been found in great numbers by the brothers Siret in theirlate discovery in southeastern Spain. The most interesting, as well asartistic, of the ornaments made from shell are the gorgets, which areespecially noticeable for their engravings. They are sometimes cut soas to represent, upon the outside, a human face, but many have beenfound beautifully engraved in elaborate designs much resembling themythologic art of Mexico and Central America. No. 272, found in Ten-nessee, represents one of these. POTTERY.
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