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(Felis concolor), derived from California, were probably used in a like manner 

 by the aborigines of that part of K&quot;orth America. In these specimens the 

 perforation passes through the bony part (last phalanx) of the animal s claw 

 (Fig. 2-49, Santa Cruz Island). A very curious ornament (?) is the pierced 

 epiphysis of a long bone of some animal, probably a deer (Fig. 250, mound 

 in Kentucky). 



Besides the objects or classes of objects of bone thus far mentioned there 

 are other specimens, cither in a fragmentary state or entire, the purposes of 

 which have not yet been explained. As an example may be selected a 

 wrought hollow bone somewhat expanding at both ends (Fig. 251, Santa 

 Cruz Island, California). It is not attempted to assign a name to this object, 

 which may have been a receptacle or a part of a tool, an unfinished whistle, or, 

 perhaps, an appendage to the dress. There is a possibility, too, that it was 

 the sucking-instrument of a medicine man, made to replace one of the stone 

 tubes which are known to have been employed among the Californians in 

 curing the sick. 



