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diagonal holes for suspension. A little to the right of the junction of 

 the diagonal holes is a single perforation into the interior cavity. Near 

 the upper end of the opposite side is a cavity into which a pearl had 

 probably been inserted. In Fig. 56, / and h, are cross-sections of the 

 two outer teeth represented in Fig. 49, and show the relative position of 

 holes upon opposite sides. Fig. 50 represents both sides of a tooth, 

 taken with several others from skeleton 270. Upon one side are two 



Fig. 49. 



Bears' Teeth Ornaments with Pearls Inserted (Specimen on the Left from 



Skeleton 248, Specimens in Centre and on the Right from Skeleton 209). 



countersunk holes opening into the natural cavity. Into these holes two 

 smaller perforations enter obliquely. It is doubtful if pearls were 

 inserted in the larger openings, as the cavities are much deeper and of a 

 different form than those usually drilled for pearls. There are three 

 transverse grooves near the upper end, which do not encircle the tooth. 

 Several of the teeth had become cracked or broken while in possession 

 of the Indians, and had been neatly mended by inserting a bone plug 



