SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON RED RIVER. 597 
In thirteen cases small, shell disks and sections of shell, usually oblong, were 
found, the disks in pairs, parallel, a little distance apart. As a rule these objects 
are imperforate, though a pair of disks each have a small perforation on one side, 
and small, single holes are present in two of the oblong sections. In one instance 
some of these shell sections lay near pin-shaped ear-ornaments, each 4 inches in 
length, and may have been attached to them in one way or another. 
Thirteen shell cups lay with burials, two of which cups merit description. All 
but one were wrought from conch-shells (Fulgur Perversum). The exception is a 
shell with projecting spines (Murex spinacosta). The columella and part of the body 
whorl have been removed and perforations for suspension have been made, one at 
the beak, one near the shoulder (Fig. 86). The other cup has engraved decoration 
on the outside, which, owing to decay and incrustation, is none too plainly visible. 
The design, however, consisting of groups of curved lines, is rudely executed and 
would not be striking under any circumstances. This shell had, for purposes of 
suspension, two perforations near the shoulder and one at the beak. Some of the 
other shell drinking-cups also were perforated for suspension. 
Two most interesting deposits were found at this place. 
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Burial No. 4, the skeleton of an adult, had, near the head, a deposit as follows : 
eighteen delicate bone pins (a selection from which is shown in Fig. 87), placed 
together, almost vertically, all points down, some pins, in places, dyed green from con- 
tact with copper carbonate; a small shell drinking-cup; one of the ceremonial axes 
already described ; a globular bead of marble, about one inch in diameter ; a pendant 
made from a young marine shell (Fasciolaria gigantea), carefully smoothed and 
perforated for suspension (Fig. 88); a columella of a conch (Fulgur), 1.8 inches 
long, with a perforation at the lower end, having still attached to it the spire and 
a surrounding portion which, like the columella, have been carefully smoothed ; 
