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  I 
  in; 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  AW 
  27 
  

  

  before 
  anything 
  was 
  disturbed. 
  (Fig. 
  103.) 
  The 
  hag 
  is 
  about 
  (> 
  inches 
  

   wide 
  and 
  9 
  inches 
  deep. 
  Then' 
  are 
  indications 
  of 
  a 
  reddish 
  stripe 
  

   having 
  been 
  painted 
  down 
  the 
  center 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  to 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

  

  There 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  inner 
  bag, 
  which 
  was 
  wrapped 
  about 
  four 
  

   limes 
  with 
  st 
  rips 
  of 
  tanned 
  skin 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  sprays 
  of 
  eedar 
  tied 
  ill. 
  This 
  lining 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  painted 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1(M. 
  Sacre<l 
  Shell 
  ami 
  contents. 
  

  

  red 
  next 
  the 
  shell. 
  On 
  being 
  removed, 
  the 
  shell 
  and 
  its 
  undisturbed 
  

   contents 
  were 
  photographed. 
  (Kg. 
  104.) 
  

  

  The 
  shell 
  (pi. 
  58 
  and 
  fig. 
  104; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  47822) 
  was 
  

   found 
  to 
  he 
  a 
  Unio 
  dlatus, 
  a 
  species 
  that 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  Missouri, 
  

   and 
  northern 
  Mississippi 
  valleys 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes; 
  hence 
  it 
  

   is 
  not 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  from 
  an 
  outside 
  source. 
  

   The 
  shell 
  is 
  not 
  entire. 
  "The 
  winglike 
  projection 
  which 
  extends 
  

  

  