. Bulletin. Ethnology. CM. Figure 133.—Marajoara Phase stone ax from J-14 , Mound 1, cut 1. Length is cm., maximum width cm. and thickness at the butt 2 cm. The material is diorite, dark gray to gray green in surface color. Highly polished axes of green diorite or nephrite are mentioned by Holdridge (1939, p. 75) as coming from the mounds. A specimen from Laranjeiras, in the Museu Goeldi, is cm. long and cm. wide, with straight, flat sides, a square butt, and a well-sharpened bit. Thickness is cm. The surfaces are polished, but all the the flaws have not been removed, and t
. Bulletin. Ethnology. CM. Figure 133.—Marajoara Phase stone ax from J-14 , Mound 1, cut 1. Length is cm., maximum width cm. and thickness at the butt 2 cm. The material is diorite, dark gray to gray green in surface color. Highly polished axes of green diorite or nephrite are mentioned by Holdridge (1939, p. 75) as coming from the mounds. A specimen from Laranjeiras, in the Museu Goeldi, is cm. long and cm. wide, with straight, flat sides, a square butt, and a well-sharpened bit. Thickness is cm. The surfaces are polished, but all the the flaws have not been removed, and the butt is rough. The stone is light green with iron unpurities. Beads.—Very few objects that can be identified with certainty as beads have come from Marajoara sites. The only authenticated find is a recent one in which 65 cylindrical beads of a white stone with dark-brownish veins (nephrite?) were discovered in a burial urn in a cemetery on the upper Camutins. These are drilled from both ends toward the middle, making V-shaped holes joined at the small end (Hilbert, pers. commun.). Thirtj'^-eight animal teeth, perforated for stringing on a necklace, were found by Mordini in one of the upper levels of his cut at Panellas (Palmatary, 1950, p. 279). Earplugs.—Ornaments of this sort are rare, but a few have been recorded. Two small spools are in the Peabody Museum, Harvard University collection from Pacoval (fig. 134, h). Both have short, constricted shafts and expanded, concave ends, one of which is of less diameter than the other. They are circular, but otherwise crude and rough. The first has an orange paste with a trace of white slip and a fine hole pierced through the center. It is cm. thick, cm. in diameter on one surface, and cm. in diameter on 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 t
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