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lucent beads (similar to the preceding, but with larger facets, and more carefully 

 finished) are 18 mm. in length, 6 to 7 mm. in diameter, the diameters thus 

 approximately one-third the length of the beads (pi. 29, j). Nos. 62, 64: Three 

 similar dark-green translucent beads. No. 76 : A similar red translucent bead. 

 No. 64 : One similar black specimen. No. 37 : A fragment of a similar colorless 

 bead. No. 50: Spherical bead, greenish paste, having parallel ridges about its 

 circumference (unique specimen) ; diameter and length 8 mm. (pi. 29, d). No. 

 190: Fragment of black bead, olive-pit shape, original length ca. 18 mm., diam- 

 eter ca. 10 mm. No. 78A : Fragment of large opaque blue bead, diameter ca. 20 

 mm. A comparable, even larger specimen was obtained at Fort Berthold II 

 (Smith, MS.). Nos. 60, 78A: Similar black beads, diameters 12.5 mm. and 11.0 

 mm. (pi. 29, c). No. 812: Seven identical ornamental beads, slightly oblate- 

 spherical, diameters 12.5 to 14.0 mm., having an opaque milky paste, and with 

 dark-blue and white marbling; probably originally worn in a strand (pi. 29, I). 

 Recovered from House-site A (dwelling), at the floor level, but not in direct 

 association with each other. 



No. 1156: A portion of a spherical black bead, diameter 15 mm., having sur- 

 faces marbled in red and white, is of a similar art style (pi. 29, g) ; this speci- 

 men was recovered at House-site B (warehouse) . 



No. 814 : Portion of a spherical bead, diameter 14 mm., having a pale-blue 

 paste, and spiral white band, extending from the "equator" to one end of the 

 bead (pi. 29, e). 



Nos. 54, 70: Twenty-six spherical, dark-blue, translucent beads, diameters 7 

 to 9 mm. 



Nos. 69, 70, 78A, 190, 191 : Spherical opaque white beads, diameters 8 to 11 mm., 

 only 3 specimens remaining unbroken ; numerous fragments of similar large white 

 beads were obtained, and the fact suggests that this variety was specially liable 

 to breakage in handling. 



No. 78 : A similar specimen is buff-tan in color, possibly imperfectly fused frit 

 or paste. 



No. 61: Opaque white ovoid bead ("pigeon egg'^ or olive-pit shape) ; diameter 

 16 mm., length 26 mm. (pi. 29, /). Nos. 36, 56, 190: Five smaller similar speci- 

 mens, diameters 6 to 8 mm., lengths 11 to 13 mm. (pi. 29, h). One (No. 56) has 

 hand decoration, a pale buff spiral line, extending from one end of the bead to the 

 other. 



Nos. 70, 71, 190: Twelve near-cylindrical opaque white beads (sometimes re- 

 taining a high gloss, others with a "stony" surface texture), somewhat variable 

 in shape and dimensions ; diameters to 9 mm., lengths 5 to 8 mm. 



Nos. 41, 43, 49, 63, 72, 73, 77, 189: Approximately 1,232 specimens of seed 

 beads of a white color were obtained ; some of these are now a buff-tan color, and 

 these may have been from batches of inferior frit, or have been altered by 

 chemical action while lying in the earth. The sizes of these small beads vary 

 from 1.5 to 4.0 mm., and the entire group tends to fall into 3 subgroups (1.5 to 

 2.0 mm. ; 2.0 to 2.5 mm. ; and 2.5 to 3.5 mm.) (cf. Smith, 1953). 



Nos. 42, 45, 46, 48, 59, 65, 67, 188 : Approximately 1,038 blue seed beads were 

 obtained (some of light blue, probably as a result of chemical action), of sizes 

 comparable to the preceding. As has been noted elsewhere, white and blue seed 

 beads appear to have been particularly in demand in the Indian trade of the 

 upper Missouri region. 



No. 75 : Approximately 55 specimens of translucent blue seed beads, diameter 

 1.5 to 2.0 mm. only, one of the smallest varieties of beads in the present collec- 

 tion. 



Nos. 38, 39, 40, 58, 76, 177, 188: Approximately 507 opaque red seed beads 

 (many now pinkish), of sizes comparable to the preceding. 



