. Bulletin. Ethnology. a. Figure 22.—Unusual moccasins. evenly spaced. There is a small tear just off the center. Although this also was stretched in some manner, its shape precludes its having been a drumhead or shield. Another specimen (9534) is of buffalo hide from which most of the hair has been removed. It is roughly oval, the long diameter being 18", the short diameter 12". Its edge is perforated with 10 holes, more or less evenly spaced, each hole being a slit about 1" long stretched nearly to roundness to form loops. 10238 is a somewhat similar piece of scraped buffalo h
. Bulletin. Ethnology. a. Figure 22.—Unusual moccasins. evenly spaced. There is a small tear just off the center. Although this also was stretched in some manner, its shape precludes its having been a drumhead or shield. Another specimen (9534) is of buffalo hide from which most of the hair has been removed. It is roughly oval, the long diameter being 18", the short diameter 12". Its edge is perforated with 10 holes, more or less evenly spaced, each hole being a slit about 1" long stretched nearly to roundness to form loops. 10238 is a somewhat similar piece of scraped buffalo hide, which is more or less squarish, measuring 13" by 15". It has several holes. Bags.—From Cave No. 1. Figure 27, a (10177), is a bag made of very thin skin, probably rabbit, with traces of downy hair on the exterior. The whole is reddish in color, perhaps stained with red paint. It is made of a single piece of skin which was cut as shown in figure 27, h (this is represented on a smaller scale than figure 27, a). This is folded in the center, edges h and ¥, a and «' being laced to- gether with a buckskin thong which is %" wide. The edges h and V. 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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