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ingly so wbeu we consider the rude implements which, in all ])robabil- 

 ity, alone were available for its manufacture. The illustration scarcely 



Fig. II. 



Carved bone (fraguieut) from Great Mouud, Rouge River, Micbi<>au, full size. 



Fiij. 12. 



Fi-. V.i. 



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does it justice. The front or carved surface is convex, as shown in Fig. 

 13, while the back is fiat and perfectly plain and smooth. In its perfect 

 state, it was probably intended to be worn as an ornament, the remains 

 of a finely-drilled hole at one side appearing to have been one of the 

 means for its attachment to the person. 



