MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



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Nearly all the implements and tools discovered were of stone, but of beautiful finish and great 

 variety of form. No metal tools, whatever, were found. The only articles of metal were little ru< It- 

 copper bells. 



FIG. 6. -Small water-jar, found in hearth sepulcher, buried with child, in Loa Muertos. 



A copper bell consisted of a plate of the metal wrought into leaflets. These leaflets were 

 brought together at the apices so as to form a hollow ball with meridional openings. In this ball 

 a pebble was imprisoned for a clapper. The handle, or stem, was soldered on in a manner which 



Fio. 7. Small water-jar, found buried with child in house sepulcher, southern portion of Halonawan, anoient Cibola. 



indicated a knowledge of a soldering material and the use of the blowpipe; and indications are 

 not wanting that the bells were not introduced from a distance by trade, but were manufactured 

 where found. 



