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Show 69 meat was the most abandant of all the varieties which may be classed among the bead- work of the ancient people of the West. In this connection I will take the liberty of mentioning the shell earrings, which were manafactored with mnch labor and worn by the same people. One single fragmentary specimen was discovered by the party, l3at it is safflcient to show its ase, and was probably a representative of the commonest form. The circlet was cat from a whorl of a marine shell, most probably the Murex. As shown by the arc of the circumference of the specimen, it was originally one and five- eighths inches in its outer diameter. To such ear- drops as this the pendants of Glass IV were attached. Such points will be valuable in tracing the communication and relationship which existed probably a thousand years ago between these ancestors of the modern Moquis, Pueblos and Zulus with other ancient tribes of the East or West The Moquis at this day still have remnants of many of these trifles of their forefathers, herein described. |
