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made of extremely thin, brittle pottery painted a dirty yellow and 

 polished throughout, with no ornament except a broad red stripe, 

 which passes obliquely around the whole of the outer surface of each 

 vase, (e) Two shallow circular plaques, painted reddish-brown, and 

 polished throughout, with a geometrical device in thin black lines 

 around the inner surface of the rim of each, (f ) A quantity of bones, 

 probably those of a Tialih or gibnut, and of a wild turkey. These 

 were found under a large block of rough limestone, (g) A number of 



Fig. 57.— a. Circular shell disks from Mound No. 16. 6. Greeustone ear plugs from Mound No. 17. 



imivalve shells, each about 1 inch in length, perforated at the apex 

 in two places, as if for suspension in the form of a necklace or orna- 

 mental border.^ With these shells was found half of a large cockle- 

 like bivalve, painted red throughout, and perforated, possibly for use 

 as a gorget, (h) Thirteen large, round, perforated beads (fig. 55). 

 Some of these are reddish in color, and show traces of polishing. With 

 these were the three jadeite beads pictured in figure 56; two of these 



' See Memoirs of the Pcabody Musfum, vol. u, No. 1, Researches in the Valley of the Usumatsintla, 

 where on several illustrations rows of similar shells are seen decorating the edges of the garments of the 

 persons represented. 



