. Bulletin. Ethnology. 202 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BDLL. 167 a light-tan, well-smootlied surface. The sides taper outward from a diameter of 8 mm. at the end toward the bowl, which the interior contour indicates to have been conical. The existing length is cm. Labrets.—Three small objects, one from each cut and one from the surface collection, possibly functioned as lip or ear plugs. The com- plete specimen (surface collection) is collar-button-shaped, with a disk cm. in diameter, slightly concave on the face, and a short shaft widening to a head 1 cm. in diameter, also with a sl
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 202 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BDLL. 167 a light-tan, well-smootlied surface. The sides taper outward from a diameter of 8 mm. at the end toward the bowl, which the interior contour indicates to have been conical. The existing length is cm. Labrets.—Three small objects, one from each cut and one from the surface collection, possibly functioned as lip or ear plugs. The com- plete specimen (surface collection) is collar-button-shaped, with a disk cm. in diameter, slightly concave on the face, and a short shaft widening to a head 1 cm. in diameter, also with a slightly concave sur- face (fig. 63, a). Overall length is cm. The two fragmentary speci- mens (fig. 63, b-c) represent the disk end, with the head broken off. The diameters are cm. and cm. All three are Mangueiras Plain, with light-tan surfaces and no trace of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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