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1 - Hook that was probably forced through the scalp. lock.
2 - Buckskin, probably tied to ball end of plug and carried up thru another piece nearly to the hook.
This part may have been ornamented.
3 - End of wood plug probably seated in bitumen.
4 - Hole in stone ornament through which plug passed.
5 - End of wood plug.

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