Ontario Sessional Papers, 1891, . Fiii (Full S ze). The c„ll„,.ell. of large shell, wa, »»«» £»™/„ ^t.^f f/BX-S of the shell was also made into a variety of Fig. 127. (Quarter Size). The specimen of which the above is a diagram was found with several othershell articles in a grave on the east side of Blackfriars Bridge, London Ont., bya Mr John McDowell, in the year 1849. The other objects were, as in this case,made fiom the material of a sub-tropical shell of large size. It is not probablethat iicrure 124 served any other purpose than that of a gorget, and as such,or indeed,
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1891, . Fiii (Full S ze). The c„ll„,.ell. of large shell, wa, »»«» £»™/„ ^t.^f f/BX-S of the shell was also made into a variety of Fig. 127. (Quarter Size). The specimen of which the above is a diagram was found with several othershell articles in a grave on the east side of Blackfriars Bridge, London Ont., bya Mr John McDowell, in the year 1849. The other objects were, as in this case,made fiom the material of a sub-tropical shell of large size. It is not probablethat iicrure 124 served any other purpose than that of a gorget, and as such,or indeed, in any capacity, it must have great value on account ot thedistance from which the material was brought, and its correspondmg scarcity inthis part of the continent. No engraved shell objects are, so far as known tome, found in Ontario.
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