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Plate XVII 
Shell artifacts from Iroquoian sites 
(§ natural size) 
Bead made from shell of Goniobasis livescens, a freshwater snail. From a late 
pre-European Tionontati site on lot 8, con. V, Nottawasaga tp., Simcoe co., 
Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-17555. 
Bead made from shell of Campeloma decisum, a freshwater snail. From a late 
pre-European Huron site on lots 4 and 5, con. V, Bexley tp., Victoria co., 
Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-8657. 
Bead made of shell of MargineUa apicina, a marine snail. F rom post-Europear 
Tionontati site on lot 12, con. I, Collingwood tp., Grey co., Ont. Cat. No 
V II I-F- 17727. 
Bead made of marine shell (MargineUa sp.). From a grave on lot 15, con. 
VIII, Sidney tp., Hastings co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-13691o. 
Cylindrical bead made from columella of .small marine shell. From same site 
as figure 1. Cat. No. V1II-F-17557. 
Cylindrical bead made from columella of large marine shell. From a post- 
European Iroquois grave, Trafalgar tp., Halton co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII- 
F-14232, 
Small discoidal shell bead. From post-European Tionontati site on lot 1 1, 
con. VIII, Nottawasaga tp., Simcoe co., Ont. Cat. No. VHI-F-17701. 
Large discoidal shell bead. From post-European Iroquois site, near lake 
Medad, Nelson tp., Halton co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-14140c. 
Small "run tee” type of shell bead. From same site as figure 7. Cat. No. 
VII I-F-l 7702a. 
Large “run tee” type of shell bead. From post-European Tionontati ossuary 
near Craigleith, Collingwood tp., Grey co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-14551a. 
Large spherical shell bead. From a grave in Barton tp., Wentworth co., Ont. 
Cat. No. VIII-F-14162a. 
Pendant made of part of marine shell. From post-European Iroquois site, 
Barton tp., Wentworth co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-14130. 
Small crescent made of piece of marine shell. From post-European Tionontati 
site on lot 24, con. VII, Nottawasaga tp., Simcoe co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII- 
F-17662. 
Large crescent made of marine shell. From a post-European Iroquois site 
near Lainbton, Etobicoke tp., York co., Ont. Cat. No. VHI-F-14131. 
Cast of shell “pin”, original from post-European Tionontati site on lot 10, 
con. V, Nottawasaga tp., Simcoe co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-19033. 
Pendant made from part of shell of Venus mercenaria. From post-European 
Iroquois site in Barton tp., Wentworth co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-14132. 
Oval gorget made from part of large marine shell, probably Fulgur perversa. 
From a post-European Tionontati site near Craigleith, Collingwood tp., 
Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F-14134. 
Large pyriform gorget or mask made from lip of Fulgur perversa . From a 
post-European site in Barton tp., Wentworth co., Ont. Cat. No. VIII-F- 
14128. 
