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the large tip fragment of the swordfish. Nor had any of the numer- 
ous fish vertbree been drilled, although some in their present condi- 
tion showed natural longitudinal perforations. 
SHARK VERTEBRA PAINT CUP 
Paint cup made of a large shark vertebra. The vertebra was broken in two 
in the middle, the fracture forming the rough base of the cup. A fragment is 
broken out of the rim. 54 mm. diameter, 42 mm. deep. The inside surface is 
entirely coated with bright red paint made from hematite. 
EXXCRESCENCES FROM THE SCAPULA OF THE HORSE MACKEREL 
Thick bony masses from the anterior lower end of the scapula of the Caranr 
hippos or horse mackerel (Span. caballo). At least this is the tentative iden- 
tification made by Mr. Barton A. Bean and Mr. E. D. Reid of the division of 
fishes of the United States National Museum, who have spared no pains in 
trying to determine the provenance of these curious excrescences found in the 
Indian graves and clearly from some local fish species. The specimens are six 
in number and are triangular in section. The two smaller surfaces were evi- 
dently articulated to the scapula of the horse mackerel if the identification is 
correct. The larger surface is bulging. The interior is very porous and all 
of the specimens are of a dark-brown color and somewhat mineralized appear- 
ance. The measurements of the specimens are as follows: 33.5 mm. long, 13 
mm. wide, 10 mm. thick; 28 mm. long, 9 mm. wide, 7 mm. thick; 25.5 mm. long, 
8 mm. wide, 6 mm. thick; 36 mm. long, 14 mm. wide, 11 mm. thick; 35 mm. 
long, 12 mm. wide, 9.5 mm. thick; 20 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, 8 mm. thick. 
BONE PENDANTS 
Bones REMAINING FROM Brirp-CLAW PENDANTS 
It is well known that the Channel Indians used on their necklaces 
the transversely perforated claws of eagles and various hawks as well 
as of the bear, etc. None of them showed traces of the claw or of 
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asphalt coating at the drilled end. Putnam ?** shows a specimen 
with claw still intact; Heye *? shows a specimen with asphalt still 
adhering to the butt. The unperforated claw bones obtained resem- 
ble the perforated ones, except that they lack the drilling. 
Bird-claw pendant, 63 mm. long, 28 mm. wide, 16.5 mm. thick. Round hole 
drilled from both sides runs transversely through the butt, about 5 mm. from 
the base. (PI. 28, g.) 
Bird-claw pendant, 25 mm. long, 11 mm. wide, 4 mm, thick. A hole 1.25 mm. 
diameter through the butt. 
Bird-claw pendant, 37 mm. long, 9 mm, wide, 6 mm. thick. Perforated at butt. 
Bird-claw pendant. 25.5 mm, long, 6.5 mm. wide, 4.5 mm. thick. Hole 5 mm. 
diameter through butt. 
Bird-claw pendant, 28 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide, 3.5 mm thick. Perforated at 
butt. 
=a Putnam, op. cit., Pl. XI. ~b Heye, op. cit., fig. 14. 
