ABSTRACT
Finally, a large Strombus gigas node with six natural holes in it, a surface find, may have been selected for its natural attributes and used “as is” as a zemi (Figure 1.34a, upper right).
Six small thin perforated rectangular shell plaques, with drilled holes at either end, and one unperforated finished plaque, of Strombus gigas shell, were recovered from the Area 4 midden. No two plaques are exactly alike and the variation in detail reflects the individuality of each maker. The largest two plaques are 2.50 cm long and 1.40 cm wide, and the smallest is 1.70 cm long and 1.10 cm wide. Four facets on one side of the perforated plaques meet more or less at a point. Undersides of four plaques are concave ovals framed by flat ground edges; one is concave on the entirety of the base and the other is flat.
