. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. of its occurrence at an early period have been collected by M. de Mor-tillet.* Another instance of the kind is afforded by two jet studs foundin two barrows near Thwiug and Rudstone, Yorkshire, by the Rev. W. * <? 1 Le Signe de la Croix avant le Christiamsme, 1866. 408 PERSONAL ORNAMENTS, AMULETS, ETC. [dlAP. Greenwell, , one of which is engraved as Fig. 371. In one case thebutton lay about the middle of the right arm. and with it a highly orna-mented ring of jet pierced at the sides.
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. of its occurrence at an early period have been collected by M. de Mor-tillet.* Another instance of the kind is afforded by two jet studs foundin two barrows near Thwiug and Rudstone, Yorkshire, by the Rev. W. * <? 1 Le Signe de la Croix avant le Christiamsme, 1866. 408 PERSONAL ORNAMENTS, AMULETS, ETC. [dlAP. Greenwell, , one of which is engraved as Fig. 371. In one case thebutton lay about the middle of the right arm. and with it a highly orna-mented ring of jet pierced at the sides. Inthe other instance there was a second jetbutton, as well as a ring of the same character,a bronze dagger-knife, and other objects,some of which have been already of the rings is shown in Fig. 372. Inboth there are two V-shaped perforationsclose together, and formed in the body ofthe ring by drilling two converging can be little doubt that the ring andstud together formed some sort of clasp orfastening, but in what manner the stringwhich passed through the perforation wasmanaged it is difficult to say. A very highly ornamented jet ring of thisclass, square in section, and with a sort ofbead at each angle, the two faces and periphery engraved with fine raisedlines, and with three perforations as if for suspension, has been engravedin the Crania Britannica. It was found with the
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