Ohio archæological and historical publications . iter. Quite a number of pieces of copper have beenfound in Warren County. All of the specimens (an axe to theleft, a needle, 842, and a spear-head, 547), are formed of lumpcopper, hammered in the cold state. In the axe and the spear-head, one can plainly detect the edges of the sheet copper whichhas been added to thicken the spear through the middle. It maybe well to remark in this connection that, while the Field, thePeabody and the Smithsonian Museums and several other in-stitutions have some thousands of specimens of Ohio copper,we have but e
Ohio archæological and historical publications . iter. Quite a number of pieces of copper have beenfound in Warren County. All of the specimens (an axe to theleft, a needle, 842, and a spear-head, 547), are formed of lumpcopper, hammered in the cold state. In the axe and the spear-head, one can plainly detect the edges of the sheet copper whichhas been added to thicken the spear through the middle. It maybe well to remark in this connection that, while the Field, thePeabody and the Smithsonian Museums and several other in-stitutions have some thousands of specimens of Ohio copper,we have but eighty-four pieces in our entire museum. Figure XLIV shows a sculptured disk, found in the Cityof Mexico at the time of the Civil war, by Mr. have been sent east to our American scholars, inorder that the full meaning of the inscription might be stone is about an inch in thickness and upon the reversehas three deep holes forming a triangle in the center. Figure XLV represents a terra cotta head found on a village. Figure XI^IV. Ont-tliird size. Sculptured disc ; Mexico. Marshall Anderson collection- Report of Field Work. 255
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