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by the sudden transition of the faces cut out under the flanges on each 
side into the tubular lower portion of the specimen. In Plate XXV, 
fig. 2, the border lines of the concave face consist of two forked lines 
on each side, and the border lines of the flanges have been transformed 
into alternate-spur bands. In fig. 4 of this plate the same lines are 
etched as spur bands, and the forked-line design is placed on the 
flanges. There is no indication of knobs. In the specimen shown in 
fig. 5 we find on the concave face of the tube an alternate-spur band 
added, which ends below, on the reverse and the obverse, with two 
parallel cross-lines. On the lower part of the flanges is shown, on one 
side a double alternate-spur band, while the opposite side is laid out 
on the same plan, with the only exception that the cross-lines between 
the lowest pair of border lines are drawn right across (as in the bands 
in Plate XXV, fig. 6). The whole side of this needlecase is flattened, 
beginning under the flange, down to the lower border. This flat field 
is occupied in its whole length by an alternate-spur band. 
The bands in fig. 6, Plate X XV, are occupied by ladder designs in- 
stead of alternate-spur designs. Presumably this is the result of care- 
less execution of the older spur design. Fig. 7 shows a very careful 
technic, and it 1s characterized by a strict adherence to the general 
type, extreme smallness of the knobs, and elaboration of the single dec- 
orative motives. Thus the upper border consists here of two alternate- 
spur bands; the lower border of the flanges of a number of parallel 
lines which are very close together. The same kind of lines occur on 
the middle field. The decorative band at the lower end is also 
doubled, and repeated at a short distance above the lower end. 
Other modifications are found in the following specimens. In fig. 
8 there is no middle concave face, but in its place we find two parallel 
lines which are carried down to the lower border. There are also 
two parallel lines on each side running down from the flanges to 
- the lower border, and to the upper and lower border lines of the 
flanges are added vertical border lines, so that the whole flanges 
appear framed. The cross-section of this specimen is angular. In 
fig. 9 two parallel lines are substituted for the concave face, as in the 
specimen. just described. The sides of this needlecase are also flat, 
while the back shows no vertical design and a rounded surface. Its 
only decoration consists of a continuous alternate-spur band design 
on top and at the lower end of the small flanges, continuing the cor- 
responding bands on the front of the specimen and on the narrow 
sides of the flanges. This specimen has no indication of knobs. 
~ Plate X XV, fig. 10, is in many respects peculiar, particularly in so 
far as the two small knobs are not on the same level. The middle 
concave field is carried down to the lower end of the needlecase, as 
in the two preceding cases, and the whole needlecase is angular in 
cross-section. It has eight faces, which taper down toward the 
