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Plate 6 

 Decorated Objects oj Stone, Bone, Horn, and Wood 



No. 1. Section of carved deer horn from which fibrous core has been removed. 

 Exhumed from burial at Vantage Ferry, Kittitas County, Wash. This carved 

 fragment is similar to the carved antler animal figures obtained by H. I. Smith, 

 at Lytton, British Columbia. Use unknown. Dimensions : 16.3 cm. (6.4 in.) 

 long ; 5 cm. (2 in.) wide ; 0.3 cm. thick. Cat. No. 330820, U.S.N.M. 



No. 2. Decorated pendant of stone (mica schist). Elongated oval shape flat 

 lateral surfaces ; thin in section. Perforation for suspension near smaller end is 

 cut hourglass fashion at a bevel from both obverse and reverse sides. Trans- 

 versely incised parallel decorative lines. Dimensions : 9.3 cm. (3.6 in.) long ; 

 6 cm. (2.4 in.) wide. 



No. 3. Weaving heddle of rectangular slab of mica schist. The object shows 

 much evidence of use in the abraded surface near the lower end. Incised on 

 the obverse lateral surface are decorative designs resembling figures of plants and 

 of leaves. Found by H. T. Harding 2 miles below Vulcan in burial offerings ; 9 

 cm. (3.5 in.) long. 



No. 4. Tubular bone object. Incised parallel grooved lines encircle circum- 

 ference at either end near margin and one at the center. Dimensions : 4.4 cm. 

 long ; 1.4 cm. diameter. 



No. 5. Rectangular slab of carved wood decorated with incised punctated 

 designs. Identical number of punctations appear on each of the four lateral 

 surfaces. Dimensions : 4.7 cm. (1.9 in.) long; 0.9 cm. sectional diameter. 



No. 6. Decorated bone object. Edges are cut in roughly rectangular form, 

 representing a garment. Extensions which had been cut at the sides near the 

 top margin have rotted away or have been broken. The punctated design con- 

 sisting of two parallel rows of incised dots probably represent beads of elk teeth. 

 Found in grave 2. Dimensions: 9.1 cm. (3.6 in.) long; 3.6 cm. (1.4 in.) wide. 

 Cat. No. 333928, U.S.N.M. 



No. 7. Carved and decorated comb of wood. The figure consists of a convexly 

 triangular base which is perforated near the apex, and of eight teeth, each of 

 which are broken ofif. Incised lines appear in parallel combined with the circle 

 and dot design on the reverse side. The obverse has the figure of a woman appar- 

 eled in a fringed garment etched on the surface. The comb, as it appears with 

 teeth broken ofif, is 3.2 cm. (1.3 in.) wide; 0.5 cm. thick; and 8 cm. (3.2 in.) 

 long. 



Nos. 8, 10-12. Gaming sticks of bone or horn. These objects were much 

 charred or burned in the cremation fire and have become very brittle. The dec" 

 orative designs are etched on one lateral surface only, the reverse smooth surfaced. 

 The sticks are oblong and are tapered toward each end. The etched designs are 

 in the form of punctations, each from one to two tenths centimeters in depth, 

 and in series of etched parallel zigzag lines in duplicate, triplicate, and in series 

 of four. Dimensions: 8-9 cm. (3-3H in.) long; 1-1 3^^ cm. wide. Cat. Nos. 

 333661-333665, U.S.N.M. 



Plate 7 



Western end of White Bluffs escarpment at Wahluke, Grant County, Wash. 

 The point where the Columbia River strikes these bluffs may be seen in the 

 vertical, eroded walls of the escarpment on the right. The vegetation in the 

 foreground is sagebrush; most of the grasses formerly occupying this area have 

 disappeared within historic times. The ancient village of Wahluke is on the 

 right and does not appear in this picture. 



