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BONE IMPLEMENTS AND ORNAMENTS. 



Like other races of hunters, the aborigines of North America were in the 

 habit of perforating the teeth of wild animals they had killed, and of wearing 

 them as trophies in the shape of necklaces or pendants. The teeth of bears, 

 it seems, formed the most favorite ornaments of this kind, being either left in 

 their natural state and merely pierced at the root (Fig. 24G, New York), or 



IMPLEMENTS AND ORNAMENTS OF BONE (1). 



brought into a more regular shape by grinding and smoothing, like a number 

 of specimens from Alaska (Fig. 247), which may, however, belong to a com 

 paratively recent period. Modern Indians, it is well known, wear as tokens 

 of their prowess necklaces made of the claws of the grizzly bear (Fig. 248, 

 Rocky Mountains, recent), and a number of drilled claws of the panther 



