. Bulletin. Ethnology. ^s BUREAU OP .MERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 64 on fracture. With them were a number of small alligator heads, made of similar stone and about the same size as the beads, pierced at the base of the skull for suspension, six celts of green and chocolate- colored stone, all finely polished, varying from 9 to IS cm. in length, and a circular disk of iron pyrites 8 cm. in diameter by 5 mm. in thickness. This object was milled round the edges like a com and perforated in the center. With it was the broken half of a similar ornament; probably both of these had been used as ear ornam
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ^s BUREAU OP .MERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 64 on fracture. With them were a number of small alligator heads, made of similar stone and about the same size as the beads, pierced at the base of the skull for suspension, six celts of green and chocolate- colored stone, all finely polished, varying from 9 to IS cm. in length, and a circular disk of iron pyrites 8 cm. in diameter by 5 mm. in thickness. This object was milled round the edges like a com and perforated in the center. With it was the broken half of a similar ornament; probably both of these had been used as ear ornaments. Trenches were dug through this mound in all directions, but nothing further was found therein. Mound No. 12 Mound No. 12, at Kendal, was situated close to the last-described mound. Its flattened summit measured 28 feet by 20 feet; the average height was approximately 15 feet. The momid extended east and west, and on its eastern slope large slate slabs were seen protruding from the surface. On excavating round these they were found to be part of a chamber measurmg 7 feet by 3 feet; the south wall had. Fig. 36.—Inscription on ax head, plate 16, c. caved in and the roof slabs also had been somewhat displaced. The chamber was filled with earth, on removing which the following objects were found upon the floor slabs: (1) Three nearly spherical red pots, averaging 6 inches in diameter; they were so rotten from the effect of moisture that it was impossible to remove them. (2) Two small, rather crudely executed human faces cut in mottled jadeite, and finely polished, with which were three green jadeite beads. (3) A small quantity of greenish powder. (4) Fom* small chisels of polished greenstone, varying from 2 to 4 cm. in length. (5) One chisel made of very soft gray stone, which had been covered externally with greenish paint somewhat resemblmg enamel, and very closely simulating the genuine greenstone chisels with which it was placed, except that it was much lighter in weight
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