Ohio archæological and historical publications . Figure XXVIII. One-fifth size. Humeri from Musking-um Valley tamuli. Vol. V—16 242 Ohio Arch, and His. Society Figure XXIX. One-half size. Pipes, bear tusks, copper bracelet and cone, (mounds. Olecranon perforations in the humeri were found in a largeproportion of the skeletons exhumed. Of the humeri preserved,perforations were noted in thirty of them. Forty-six were un-perforated. No greater number of humeri, either perforated orunperforated, could be secured, as most of the skeletons foundwere badly decayed. Figure XXVIII shows
Ohio archæological and historical publications . Figure XXVIII. One-fifth size. Humeri from Musking-um Valley tamuli. Vol. V—16 242 Ohio Arch, and His. Society Figure XXIX. One-half size. Pipes, bear tusks, copper bracelet and cone, (mounds. Olecranon perforations in the humeri were found in a largeproportion of the skeletons exhumed. Of the humeri preserved,perforations were noted in thirty of them. Forty-six were un-perforated. No greater number of humeri, either perforated orunperforated, could be secured, as most of the skeletons foundwere badly decayed. Figure XXVIII shows one humerus each from four skel-etons. The broken bone is the only unperforated one of the four. In Figure XXIX there are seven objects, each one of w4iichcan be classed as a rare specimen. Particularly is this true ofthe copper bracelet, the hematite cone, and the three bear tusks,all of which come from mounds. It will be observed that thethree bear tusks (shown at the top of the plate on either sideof the pipes) dififer as to size. One has been cut (evenly) andis not perforated. The others have three perforations each.^From finds in the Hopewell group, we would conc
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