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2 The hook end, probably forced through the braid of the scalp lock - the hook serving as a means of securely tying it thereto. The mere fact of hooking it through a tightly braided lock would, in most cases, have held it in place. [[image]] skin no doubt ornamented. stick possibly wrapped with rawhide or buckskin and carried up over the [[?]] to assure firmness. HAIR DRESSING (Handbook of the American Indians. VOL - I. pg 524) "The same style of shaving the head and roaching the hair was common among eastern and western tribes, who braided and generally hung the scalp lock with ornaments." (OVER) [[page]]1 1 - Between femur & right elbow. 2 - Over left elbow. 3 - On left humerus, on the thorax 4 - Right humerus. 5 - Right side of thorax. 6 - On the thorax. 7 - Upper front of pelvis. [[?]] on Thorax 8 - under the thorax 9 - Right side of thorax 10 - above the pelvis. Child. 11 - Outer side of left shoulder 12 - On the chest 13 - Between femur & trunk 14 - near the pelvis 15 - Below the chest 16 - at left shoulder 17 - Right side of thorax 18 - On left elbow. 19 - Lower part of right humerus. 20 - Lower part of thorax 21 - Lower part of thorax. [[strikethrough]] Burial 82 - at this joint hang a [[sizer?]] of quartz its longer axis corresponding with that of the childs body. [[/strikethrough]] 22 - at the pelvis 23 - Back of pelvis. 24 - Outer side of right elbow
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