262 ART IN SHELL OF THE ANCIENT AMERICANS. 



In Fig. 2 a fine example of the subtriangular or keystone-shaped 

 pendants is presented. The edges are very neatly cut and the corners 

 slightly rounded. The back is ground smooth, but on the front the 

 original surface of the shell is preserved, the colors being extremely 

 rich and brilliant. A single perforation has been drilled near the upper 

 end. It is made from a Haliotis rufescens, and was obtained from the 

 island of Santa Rosa. 



The handsome specimen shown in Fig. 3 was obtained from a grave 

 on the island of San Miguel. It has suffered much from decay. There 

 are four neatly made perforations near the center. It has apparently 

 been cut from the same shell as the preceding. 



Fig. 4 is a small keystone-shajjed specimen having two perforations. 



Fig. 5 represents a small, delicate specimen of rectangular shape, 

 having two minute perforations. This, as well as the preceding, was 

 obtained from a grave on the island of San Miguel. 



Fig. 6 illustrates a small oval, wafer-like specimen, the edges of which 

 have been ornamented with a series of crossed lines. It has three neat 

 perforations on the line of the longer axis. It is from the island of 

 Santa Cruz. 



Fig. 7 represents a small button-like disk with a central perforation} 

 the margin is ornamented with a series of radiating lines. It was ob- 

 tained from Santa Barbara. 



A i)endant of very peculiar form is shown in Fig. 8. The oval body 

 has three marginal projections, all of which are perforated ; there is 

 also a perforation near the center. The surface retains a heavy coating 

 of some dark substance, which gives the ornament nuich the appearance 

 of corroded metal. It was obtained from San Miguel Island. 



In a number of cases advantage has been taken of the natural per- 

 forations of the shell, both to give variety to the outline of small i>end- 

 ants and to save the labor of making artificial perforations. A very 

 handsome little specimen is shown in Fig. 9. The two indentations 

 above and below represent two of the natural perforations of the shell; 

 artificial perforations are made in each of the four corners or wings. It 

 was also obtained from the island of San Miguel. 



Fig. 10 represents a leaf-shajied pendant with notched edges and a 

 single perforation. It comes from the island of Santa Cruz. 



The examples given are typical of the very large class of ornaments 

 derived from the Haliotidce. The striking .specimens shown in Plate 

 XL VIII are, with one exception, made from shells of this class. The 

 two sickle-shaped pendants illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 are made from 

 the broadened inner lip of the Haliotis californianus (?). In one a single 

 perforation has been made near the upper end ; in the other there are 

 two, one near each end. The faces have been neatly dressed and the 

 corners ornamented with minute notches. They are from graves on Santa 

 Cruz Island. Two exquisite specimens, also from Santa Cruz Island, 

 are presented in Figs. 3 and 4. Thiey have been cut from the body of a 



