154 



Hopewell Mound Group 



and held the two halves firmly together. This was found with skeleton 

 278. 



"The sectional drawings in Fig. 56 show the various ways in which 

 the teeth are drilled. Usually there is a small perforation extending 

 through the tooth from the bottom of the cavity in which the pearl is 

 placed, as shown near the upper end of c, f, and g. All the pearls found 



inserted in the teeth are perforated. It is 

 probable that they were held in place by 

 threads passed through the pearl and the 

 small perforation in the tooth, and fastened 

 there by inserting a small plug. In other 

 specimens the small perforations extend 

 into the diagonal holes through which the 

 suspending cord is passed as in d and a. 

 This also would allow the pearl to be 

 fastened by a thread. In a few instances, 

 the pearl must have been cemented into 

 the cavity, as there is no perforation in the 

 tooth for the thread ; b and the lower cavity 

 in g are examples. The second class consists 

 of teeth that have been split, or ground 

 upon one side until less than half of the 

 tooth remains. They were found associated 

 with the teeth already described. In Fig. 48 

 are shown two views of a typical specimen. 

 The cut side is carefully polished, and is 

 perforated by three holes, of nearly the same 

 diameter throughout. There are usually 

 three holes, rarely four; and in a single 

 instance, one small perforation appears near 

 the upper end. The third class consists of 

 bears' teeth cut in the various ways illus- 

 trated in Figs. 53 — 55. The interior of each 

 specimen has been hollowed out, and there 

 is a lateral perforation near the upper end. 

 A similar object, made from the point of a tooth instead of the root, is 

 shown in Fig. 53 c. The interior has been hollowed as in the preceding 

 specimen, and a very small perforation extends through the point. 

 This and the following specimen (d) were found with skeleton 271. 



"The object illustrated in e was discovered with skeleton 209. The 

 two diagonal holes, forming the perforation by wdiich the ornament was 



Fig. 52. 



Bear's Tooth Ornament 



Imitated in Shell. 



