. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 46.—Typological series of shell bead forms, Clarksville site, 44Mcl4. Occurring in a common necklace were two roughly barrel-shaped shell beads whose greatest thickness measured 13 mm. Both ends of each taper in the same direction, creating a foreshortened or slightly wedge-shaped effect. The minimum heights of each are 9 mm. and 10 mm. The smallest diameters, mm. to 7 mm., occur at the ends or abutting surfaces; the maximum diameters, 9 mm. to 10 mm., occur at the center of the bead. Associated with this same necklace were two perforated elk's teeth (pi. 73,
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 46.—Typological series of shell bead forms, Clarksville site, 44Mcl4. Occurring in a common necklace were two roughly barrel-shaped shell beads whose greatest thickness measured 13 mm. Both ends of each taper in the same direction, creating a foreshortened or slightly wedge-shaped effect. The minimum heights of each are 9 mm. and 10 mm. The smallest diameters, mm. to 7 mm., occur at the ends or abutting surfaces; the maximum diameters, 9 mm. to 10 mm., occur at the center of the bead. Associated with this same necklace were two perforated elk's teeth (pi. 73, &). The size of their perforations matched those of the other beads. In contrast to the dull, heavily encrusted exteriors of the shell beads, the elk's teeth still retained their high polish. This polish was marred by small patches of a black substance which had penetrated the enamel. At first, it was thought that these patches were specks of graphite, since particles of graphite were present in the site in the form of faceted nodules, but when the teeth were examined under a microscope, it was determined that these darkened areas were partly caused by a form of decomposition. Most of the larger barrel-shaped beads (fig. 46, e) are round in cross section, but there are a number which are rectanguloid, being rectangular but with rounded corners. All of these vary as to size. Diameters vary from 6 mm. to 13 mm.; heights from 9 mm. to 15 mm. Other beads of this size tend to be spheroid. From the twist in the. 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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