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same lot, which he has identified as the claw of a panther (Felis concolor). 

 The Peabody Museum (13398) also has two claws like Fig. 7 of the plate, 

 which were found in a shellheap on the island of Santa Catalina, and also 

 several claws of a different animal (P. M. 13303), from a grave on the same 

 island. Fig. 4 of the same plate represents a piece of bone, which has been 

 cut in such a manner as to imitate a claw, the upper portion being enclosed 

 in a mass of asphaltum. 



Ornaments of bone seem seldom to have been made by the Cali- 

 fornians, and with the exception of the vertebral epiphyses of cetaceans, 

 of which disks there are a few examples with central perforations, and 

 a few fragments of worked bones, which may have been either ornaments 

 or implements, I can only refer to the carved bone, probably representing 

 a claw, as indicating the occasional use of this material for ornamental 

 purposes. 



While bone was rarely employed in the manufacture of ornaments, 

 stone was often used, and numerous articles, particularly in the form of 

 pendants and of beads, were made by the Californians of early times. 

 Several such objects have already been mentioned under the heading 

 of " Miscellaneous articles made of stone," and a number of beads made 

 of stone are described further on by Dr. Haldeman. It is therefore only 

 necessary here to mention that similar specimens to those described by 

 Dr. Haldeman, and figured on Plate XIII, have been found during the 

 later explorations on the islands of Santa Catalina, San Clemente, and San 

 Miguel. Several of these beads, although made of the same minerals, are, 

 however, much larger than those from Dos Pueblos and La Patera. 



Portions of two well-made rings of talcose slate (P. M. 13152) were 

 found in the graves at the isthmus on Santa Catalina. The stone is care- 

 fully worked down to a thickness and width but slightly exceeding \ of an 

 inch, while the diameter of the ring is 2 inches. 



As already stated, by far the largest number of articles that can be 

 classed as ornaments were made of shell, and for these the shells of two or 

 three species of Haliotis, and of the large bivalve, Tivola, were well adapted. 

 As they were easily obtained on the coast, they were used more than all 

 other kinds for beads, pendants, and other articles of ornament. As will 



