EXPLANATION OF THE ILLUSTRATION 
Figure II. Heliotype reproduction of a Kiowa mes- 
cal bean necklace. The beans (Sophora secundiflora 
(Orteg.) Lag. ex DC.) are strung on buckskin. At- 
tached tothe string are several personal trinkets: 
a piece of red ribbon, beaver fur, a child’s ring, a 
lace handkerchief with a bundle of dried beaver 
ee ° . 
muscle  medicine’’ 
under the ring. All the neck- 
laces are similar, but the personal trinkets vary 
with individual tastes and are thought to have 
symbolic meaning. Collected at Anadarko, Okla- 
homa, July, 1936. Harvard Botanical Collection 
(Economie Botany) No. 5026. 
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