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The entire piece shows marks of polish and wear. The cup-shaped 
articular surface of the joint is intact. 
Remains of the antlers of deer, and possibly elk, were found in 
fair quantities. In most cases the specimens were in such crumbly 
condition that it was impossible to get them out entire. All frag- 
ments were gathered up and saved, although they were not num- 
bered. Three pieces (pl. 26, C, D, E) were found, consisting each 
of about 8 to 10 cm. of the antler where it sets into the socket in 
the skull. The opposite end of the articular surface is cut across in 
a convex form and may have been used in a similar manner to that 
of a pestle. 
In room 14, location 3, were the remains of what was probably a 
deer-horn dance headdress. Part of the prongs (pl. 27, A) and a 
fragment of tortoise carapace (pl. 27, B) pierced with a row of holes 
for attaching feathers to it were found. When uncovered their 
position indicated that it was a headdress such as is still worn among 
the Rio Grande people in the Buffalo dance. The larger prong, 
although broken in two, has been mended and is now complete. It 
is 20 mm. in length and has a hole at the large end for attaching it 
to the rest of the headdress. 
The worked leg bones of birds and small mammals, and others of 
a like shape, are of very curious character and give no index as to 
their use. Some of them have the appearance of having been made 
into a sort of miniature drawshave, although what they could have 
been used on it is impossible to say." Those marked A, Plate 32, are 
mammal bones; the others illustrated in the same plate are bird 
bones. Some of these show a great deal of polishing and scrap- 
ing and others do not. In room 20, location 3, a large number of 
these bones, in an unworked condition, were found accompanying 
a large number of smaller bones of a different type. The whole lot 
were in the remains of a biscuit-ware bowl. There were no skulls of 
birds or small animals with the bones. There is a possibility that 
some of the bones were attached by thongs to a stick and used as a 
rattle, as is still the custom among some of the northern peoples. 
The knuckle bones illustrated in Plate 33, A, have been tentatively 
classed as necklace pendants, as in other localities in the Jemez 
Plateau similar ones have been found pierced for stringing. 
Bones with incisions (pl. 33, B, B) are interesting in that they show 
the preparation for splitting. A sharp cutting edge of stone, such as 
has been described, would, with a little patience, cut through a bone 
such as these and give two good pieces for making awls and needles. 
Unlike similar bones in course of preparation which were found in 
other localities, these are only incised on one side and not on both. 
Plate 27, D, E, were found lying together in room 5, location 8. It 
was suggested by the Indians that these two bones were used in the 
