. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fisrure 6G. clasps for the girdle, (Figs. 85 and 86;) others, especially the circular rings, still await interpretation. Most of them are too small to have been intended for brace- lets ; while others again are divided into sections, (Fig. 87,) conveying the idea that they constituted a sort of annular money like the small rings of the age of bronze. From the same locality have been taken nippers of very finished work- manship, in the shape
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fisrure 6G. clasps for the girdle, (Figs. 85 and 86;) others, especially the circular rings, still await interpretation. Most of them are too small to have been intended for brace- lets ; while others again are divided into sections, (Fig. 87,) conveying the idea that they constituted a sort of annular money like the small rings of the age of bronze. From the same locality have been taken nippers of very finished work- manship, in the shape of our tweezers, but longer, and destined, no doubt, for depilatory purposes, for which they might serve even now, (Fig. 88.) To these should be added certain very broad and fiat plates, with a stem neatly fashioned; the purpose of which is unknown, but. 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. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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