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oval in cross-section, and more or less straight; the encircling groove is 
narrow and shallow. The specimen, illustrated in Plate XX, figure 22, 
and described as being probably an awl, may also have been used as a pin. 
ORNAMENTS MADE OF BONE 
Two bone objects, found here, were probably worn as ornaments. 
One, the lower jaw of a mink, illustrated in Plate XXII, figure 11, 
has both ramii broken off and the sides near the broken ends slightly 
polished. Mills found lower jaws of the mountain lion and wild cat in 
the Harness Mound, in Ross county, Ohio, which were so utilized 1 . 
The other specimen, illustrated in Plate XXII, figure 12, is made from 
the upper half of the plastron of a painted turtle. A hole drilled through 
the median suture near the upper end shows signs of wear on the counter- 
sunk edge, suggesting that the object was probably worn as an ornament. 
This use is also suggested by the smoothness or polish on the inside of the 
object, which would have been the side worn next to the skin or garment. 
Ornaments made from pieces of turtle shells are not common even at 
later Neutral sites in this county and Waterloo county. The writer knows 
of only two other specimens, one being a pendant made from a section of 
the carapace of the painted turtle, which was found at a village site on 
lot 11, con. II, block A, Wilmot tp., Waterloo co. 2 The other is a fragment, 
possibly of a wristlet, found at a village site on lot 10, con. VIII, Blenheim 
tp., Oxford co. 3 
PENDANTS MADE OF STONE 
Notched and perforated pebbles, like those seen in Plate XXII, 
figures 5, 6, and 7, were probably used as pendants. Three finished and 
two unfinished specimens were found. 
The specimen, illustrated in figure 5, is an irregular, oblong, black 
shale pebble, with two deep V-shaped notches, possibly for fastening the 
suspending cord. The small pendant, seen in figure 6, is made from a 
thin, flat, pear-shaped pebble of black shale; the hole, drilled from both 
sides, retains the strise left by the chipped drill point. The other per- 
forated pendant, seen in figure 7, is made from a much thicker, irregularly 
oval limestone pebble. Part of the side illustrated has been rubbed flat. 
The hole, which seems to be natural, is slightly worn on the upper edge. 
The unfinished specimens are shown in figures 8 and 9. The large, 
thin, and nearly circular, shale pebble, seen in figure 8, has the drilling of 
the suspension hole commenced on one side; on the other specimen (Figure 
9) it has been started on both sides. 
Many similar pendants are found at later Neutral sites in this county 
and in Waterloo county. 4 There are some in the Museum’s collections 
from Elgin county, and they have been found also in Middlesex county. 
i‘ ‘Explorations of the Edwin Harness Mound,” reprint from the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, 
vol. XVI, figs. 44 and 45 (Columbus, 1907). 
s Cat. No, 24394, Provincial Museum, Toronto. See Fig. 69, Boyle, Annual Archaeological Report, 1904, being 
part of Appendix to the Rept. of the Minister of Education, Ontario, Toronto, 1905. 
‘See fig. 46, Wintemberg, W, J.: “Relics of the Attiwandarons,” Records of the Past, vol. IV, Washington (1905). 
‘Oat. Nos. 24417, 24418, 24500, and 26184, in Provincial Museum, Toronto. See Figs. 62, 64, and 66. Boyle, Rept. 
1904, op. cit. 
