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little sign of long-continued hammering. The specimen is 103 mm 

 long, 40 mm wide at the butt, and 10 mm wide at the point. 



Three bone fishhooks and one unfinished part of a similar artifact 

 were recovered (pi. 9, fig. 2, a-d). The largest specimen (pi. 9, 

 fig. 2, d) is 45 mm in length and 5 mm in thickness. Around 

 the top of the shank is a shallow groove for the attachment of 

 a line. This hook is heavily incrusted with lime and is rather 

 thick and clumsy looking. The other complete specimen (pi. 9, 

 fig. 2, b) is much more delicate with a slender point, curve, and more 

 delicate shank. It is 35 mm in length and has a groove around the 

 top of the rounded shank. It has been tempered by heating. The third 

 specimen (pi. 9, fig. 2, c) has a broad bend and needle-sharp point, 

 but the end of the shank has been broken ofl: at the line groove. It is 

 40 mm long and about 3 mm thick. All three fishhooks are without 

 barbs. From the broken and unfinished specimen it seems probable 

 that the hooks were made in pairs from a flat piece of bone with the 

 center gouged out (pi. 9, fig. 2, a). The same technique was employed 

 in the manufacture of the ancient Iroquois fishhooks. (Compare 

 Skinner, 1921, fig. 3, p. 71.) 



Two hollow, slightly curved tubes of bird bone were found lying 

 together on the floor of house i (pi. 11, fig. 2, ;). The larger is 

 122 mm and the smaller 115 mm in length and both are 9 mm in 

 diameter. Aside from having the ends neatly cut off they are unworked. 

 They may have been used as part of a breast ornament or gorget. 

 It is also possible that they represent sucking tubes and were part of a 

 ceremonial outfit. 



Five bone beads and one piece of bone from which beads had been 

 cut were also found. The beads are of bird bone, and all but one have 

 been heat-tempered. They range from 50 mm to 14 mm in length, and 

 in each case they have been neatly cut at both ends (pi. 11, fig. 2, i). 

 In addition there was found the wing bone of a bird (possibly a prairie 

 chicken) which had been fire-tempered and from which beads had been 

 cut. The bone is 60 mm in length and on the end opposite the joint 

 is one bead 10 mm long not quite cut away from the remainder of 

 the bone. 



Two pendants were found. The first of these is the canine tooth of a 

 wolf with a neat hole for suspension bored through the tip of the root 

 (pi. 9, fig. 2, h). This specimen was found on the floor of house i. 

 The other pendant is of bone, coated with a deposit of lime (pi. 9, 

 fig. 2, k). It is slightly curved, has a rounded upper end with a neat 

 hole bored through, and the tip is broken off. The specimen is 45 mm 

 long, 9 mm wide at the large end, 5 mm wide at the broken tip. and 



