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Show Indians' Vanity Shown by "Fake" Ornaments The ancient Indian chiefs whose hones lie buried In Ohio mounds were not above making and wearing artificial arti-ficial jewelry when the natural materials ma-terials were not readily available. Investigation of the relics of the so-called so-called "Hopewell Culture." by Dr. H. C. Shetrone of the Ohio State Areheo-logicnl Areheo-logicnl and Historic society, has disclosed dis-closed a number of bone ornaments accurately and artistically carved in imitation of bear teeth. Bear-tooth necklaces were highly prized by this long-buried people. They accompany many of the more important burials. Only the long, tusklike eyeteeth were used, and the larger ones were frequently fre-quently inset witli river mussel pearls as big as peas. Most of t lie teeth are of the common black bear, which j ranged throughout North America, but ; frequently specimens are folind of un- 1 doubled grizzly bear origin, which must have come by primitive trade ' routes from as far away as the Rocky j mountains. |