SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 587 
opening uncovered, then closed with the shell addition, and lastly the addition 
itself, are shown in Figs. 76, 77, 78. 
At the feet of this burial was a mass of gray material, probably an impure 
clay used as pigment; and between Burials Nos. 1 and 2 were two shell disks, each 
about 2.25 inches in diameter, parallel and about 1.5 inch apart. Neither disk has 
decoration or perforation of any kind. A number of similar disks were found by 
us elsewhere along Red river in Arkansas. 
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Ета. 76.—Shell cup showing broken part and portion of another shell for repair. Friday Place, Ark. 
(Diam. of body 6.7 inches.) 
Burial No. 3, the child, had over the right femur a small bowl, and at the neck 
a pendant (Fig. 79) made from green slate, to resemble a lizard in outline. Two 
holes take the place of eyes and served for suspension. 
Burial No. 5 had, near the skull, two bottles of medium size, both undecorated, 
and at the left femur a bowl. Three other vessels lay near the feet. 
Burial No. 6 had been favored with twelve vessels variously placed in the pit. 
At the outer side of the left femur was a shell drinking-cup, and a double-pointed 
bone implement, very slender, 7 inches in length, lay with part of a similar imple- 
ment about 2 feet from the head. 
At the outer side of the right thigh and extending up it were six or more shell 
strips and one small, shell disk, all imperforate. — 
д Thirty-eight vessels of earthenware came from this mound, of which eight 
were unbroken, though some included under this head are cracked to such an 
