. Bulletin. Ethnology. 78 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL, lie lines of upper part are fringed inside with fine vertical lines; lower part filled in with several irregular horizontal scratches; below the trapezoid arc irregularly placed vertical lines; horizontal scratches fill in part of the spaco between two of these near the center. 11553-4 (fig. 33, fir), thin slab from pebble with irregular surface: 3%" long; lower part of surface decorated with diagonal lines which nearly converge at bottom edge; short, fine scratches run upward from these, fringe-like; a short horizontal line ne
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 78 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL, lie lines of upper part are fringed inside with fine vertical lines; lower part filled in with several irregular horizontal scratches; below the trapezoid arc irregularly placed vertical lines; horizontal scratches fill in part of the spaco between two of these near the center. 11553-4 (fig. 33, fir), thin slab from pebble with irregular surface: 3%" long; lower part of surface decorated with diagonal lines which nearly converge at bottom edge; short, fine scratches run upward from these, fringe-like; a short horizontal line near the bottom edge, connecting the diagonal lines, is similarly fringed ; slab also has spots of red paint. 11553-3 (fig. 33, c), slab, 3%" long, with edge retouched as knife or scraper; one surface bears irregular vertical scratches which do not form a design. Specimens from Cave No. 3.—11573-1 (fig. 33, d), slab, 3%" long, Yz" thick; point at upper end decorated with band %" wide, filled in with diagonal and vertical cross- hatching ; lower half has fringed line enclos- ing semioval area, with its base on lower edge; a diagonal fringed line runs to each edge from the sides of this; upper end of the area has eleven irregu- lar horizontal lines, the spaces between some of which are filled with diagonal par- allel hatching; several more vertical a n d horizontal lines occur below this; near each edge of the slab, outside the semioval area, are small circles. 11573-2 (fig. 33, e, shows the obverse and reverse sides), slab, 2%" long, 14" thick; obverse decorated with three horizontal rows of triangles, each filled with parallel lines; top row has four triangles with their apexes down; nest row, blank; thii-d row, six triangles with apexes of all but one up; fourth row has 5 triangles with apexes up; below this are irregularly placed vertical and diagonal lines; reverse has two large triangles with their bases somewhat intersecting and resting on the
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