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elasticity, the ring was easily opened to pass over the wrist, and the ends as readily pressed 
together to keep it in its place. 
Two Mojave necklaces of sea-shells, uniform in color and dimensions, and resembling some- 
what the one figured 13, Plate 41. 
A necklace of pieces of medicinal and fragrant root, strung on a thong of leather—a charm 
prescribed by the ‘‘ medicine-men’’ among the Colorado tribes. 
A large head of a spear of bone, 6 inches long and ¿-inch thick, plain at one edge, and 
double-barbed at the other; used by Indians on the Colorado in spearing fish. 
A Colorado chieftain's head-dress—a conical cap of soft leather, whitened outside with a pig- 
ment, apparently of clay, punched full of holes, and edged with a red band. A bunch of dark 
feathers is secured at the crown, and a number of lighter and pendant ones incline in one 
direction from it. 
A Choctaw wampum belt, eleven feet long, consisting of narrow strips of red and blue braids, 
all edged with white beads, and connected to an ornamental band at the middle. 
