128 KEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



No. 139537 is a piece of cloth which would seem to have been the 

 fouudation of the kilt, possibly on one (the front) side only. 



The last three numbers seem to have a covering of feathers. 



No. 139538 was another dress or apron in the same style, but made of 

 strands of human hair. They were cylindrical at the top, about one- 

 fourth of an inch thick, and 10 inches long. The strands were plaited 

 or fastened together at the top so as to make a screen, one side thereof 

 being covered as before with feathers. No. 139539 is another apron of 

 like manufacture with differences in the binding of the hair at the top. 

 Some had small shells strung and woven in. 



Nos. 139540, 139541, and 139542 were i^ieces of liber, six strands 

 woven together with five cross-ties, the whole 14 inches long, 2^ wide, 

 but doubled in the center to 7 inches — probably worn under the breech 

 clout. 



Nos. 139543 and 139544 were bunches of fiber twisted and matted, 

 showing different knots and methods of fastening. There are many 

 specimens of cord showing all manners of twisting, braiding, and 

 knotting. 



Nos. 139545 to 139550 are two human vertebrae found closely "asso- 

 ciated with the following ornaments: Small shells strung together as 

 beads; eight pins — spines of cactus; one piece of buckskin, tied; two 

 sticks, bound ; string of corded, plaited, and bound pendants of human 

 hair, cylindrical, one-fourth inch diameter and three fourths inch long. 



The graves were found to contain an entire paraphernalia. Two 

 arrow flakers with points of bone set in handles of wood ; four wooden 

 pieces from 4 to 9 inches long, one-eighth to three eighths in diameter, 

 each bound with twine about the body, apparently for a handle, but 

 leaving the sharp point bare; one mush stick ; bone points; four shells — 

 {Gardmm elatum, Sby., and one Pecten {Vola) dentata, Sby., possibly 

 used as drinking cups ; two stone tubes, drilled lengthwise, one 11^ 

 inches long and one 3^, IJ to 1| in diameter. 



There was one bow, in two pieces; an arrow of cane or reed, 2 feet 10 

 inches long, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with a fish spine for 

 a point 4 inches long. There were two shafts or darts, both with long, 

 sharp points 15 and 20 inches long, one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 



Two whistles of hollow reed 9 inches long, five-eighths of an inch in 

 diameter. 



A curious implement, use unknown, was a piece of flat wood 9^: 

 inches long, 2 inches wide, and one-eighth or one-fourth thick. One 

 end was a concave with a hole below. About 2i inches from each end 

 was a single row of very small shells, Olivella biplicata Sby., say one- 

 eighth inch, set like marquetry across the flat side and fastened with 

 cement or bitumen. 



We have six skulls adult and the fragments of one or more infants. 



No. 139551 is one shell ornament, 1§ inches in diameter; perforated 

 as for suspension. 



