. Bulletin. Ethnology. 108 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bdll. 64 made of extremely thin, brittle pottery painted a dirty yellow and polished throughout, with no ornament except a broad red stripe, which passes obliquely around the whole of the outer surface of each vase, (e) Two shallow circular plaques, painted reddish-brown, and polished throughout, with a geometrical device in thin black lines around the inner surface of the rim of each, (f) A quantity of bones, probably those of a Tialih or gibnut, and of a wild turkey. These were found under a large block of rough limestone, (g) A number
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 108 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bdll. 64 made of extremely thin, brittle pottery painted a dirty yellow and polished throughout, with no ornament except a broad red stripe, which passes obliquely around the whole of the outer surface of each vase, (e) Two shallow circular plaques, painted reddish-brown, and polished throughout, with a geometrical device in thin black lines around the inner surface of the rim of each, (f) A quantity of bones, probably those of a Tialih or gibnut, and of a wild turkey. These were found under a large block of rough limestone, (g) A number of. Fig. 57.—a. Circular shell disks from Mound No. 16. 6. Greeustone ear plugs from Mound No. 17. imivalve shells, each about 1 inch in length, perforated at the apex in two places, as if for suspension in the form of a necklace or orna- mental border.^ With these shells was found half of a large cockle- like bivalve, painted red throughout, and perforated, possibly for use as a gorget, (h) Thirteen large, round, perforated beads (fig. 55). Some of these are reddish in color, and show traces of polishing. With these were the three jadeite beads pictured in figure 56; two of these ' See Memoirs of the Pcabody Musfum, vol. u, No. 1, Researches in the Valley of the Usumatsintla, where on several illustrations rows of similar shells are seen decorating the edges of the garments of the persons 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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