. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . es, drilled lengthwise, one 11^inches long and one 3^, IJ to 1| in diameter. There was one bow, in two pieces; an arrow of cane or reed, 2 feet 10inches long, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with a fish spine fora point 4 inches long. There were two shafts or darts, both with long,sharp points 15 and 20 inches long, one-fourth of an inch in diameter. Two whistles of hollow reed 9 inches long, five-eighths of an inch indiameter. A curious implement, use unknown, was a piece of flat wood 9^:inches long, 2 inches wide,
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . es, drilled lengthwise, one 11^inches long and one 3^, IJ to 1| in diameter. There was one bow, in two pieces; an arrow of cane or reed, 2 feet 10inches long, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with a fish spine fora point 4 inches long. There were two shafts or darts, both with long,sharp points 15 and 20 inches long, one-fourth of an inch in diameter. Two whistles of hollow reed 9 inches long, five-eighths of an inch indiameter. A curious implement, use unknown, was a piece of flat wood 9^:inches long, 2 inches wide, and one-eighth or one-fourth thick. Oneend was a concave with a hole below. About 2i inches from each endwas a single row of very small shells, Olivella biplicata Sby., say one-eighth inch, set like marquetry across the flat side and fastened withcement or bitumen. We have six skulls adult and the fragments of one or more infants. No. 139551 is one shell ornament, 1§ inches in diameter; perforatedas for suspension. Report of National Museum, 1888.—Wilson. Plate Flint Implement of Human Manufacture, from the Equus Beds of the Tertiary Geologic Period, San Diego, Texas. (Cat. No. 139817, U. S. N. M. Collected by William Taylor.). Report of National Museum, 1888—Wilson, Plate B.
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