Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . ad been overlaid with thinsheet copper which had preserved the wood. Portionsof the coating were still adherent. From the base ofthe larger cone projected a pin .9 of one inch in length,exactly fitting into a socket having a depth of .6 of oneinch in the base of the smaller cone. This pin wasnot an integral portion of the cone from which it pro-jected, but had been let into a small socket and securedwith bitumen. These interesting specimens, unique so far as weknow, were carefully allowed to dry and then treatedwith shellac. It is no
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . ad been overlaid with thinsheet copper which had preserved the wood. Portionsof the coating were still adherent. From the base ofthe larger cone projected a pin .9 of one inch in length,exactly fitting into a socket having a depth of .6 of oneinch in the base of the smaller cone. This pin wasnot an integral portion of the cone from which it pro-jected, but had been let into a small socket and securedwith bitumen. These interesting specimens, unique so far as weknow, were carefully allowed to dry and then treatedwith shellac. It is not unlikely that these objects form twoparts of an ear ornament, one worn on either side ofthe lobe, the pin passing through the perforated portion(Fig. 38). The difference between the length of thepin and the depth of the socket would be about madeup by the thickness of the lobe of the the investigation an ornament, or, more probablv, two somewhat simi-lar ornaments, of sheet copper, were laid bare at a depth from the surface of about 1 Op.
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