Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 59.—Ornament of sheet mound, MurphyIsland. (Full size.). Fig. 60.—Crescent of copper. Northernmost mound, Murphy Island. (Full size.) TWO SAND MOUNDS ON MURPHY ISLAND, FLORIDA. 509 through corrosion. At one end of the broken side are two perforations. Length,about 7 inches; width, about 2 inches. (3) An ornament of thin sheet copperapparently at one time coating a tube of some long-fibered substance like cane. Itwas recovered in several fragments, but probably when entire had a length ofabout 8 inches, with a
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 59.—Ornament of sheet mound, MurphyIsland. (Full size.). Fig. 60.—Crescent of copper. Northernmost mound, Murphy Island. (Full size.) TWO SAND MOUNDS ON MURPHY ISLAND, FLORIDA. 509 through corrosion. At one end of the broken side are two perforations. Length,about 7 inches; width, about 2 inches. (3) An ornament of thin sheet copperapparently at one time coating a tube of some long-fibered substance like cane. Itwas recovered in several fragments, but probably when entire had a length ofabout 8 inches, with a slightly irregular diameter averaging inches. (4) A finespecimen of sheet copper, entirely unbroken, and not materially affected by cor-rosion, representing the crescent moon. Distance between horns, inches;,maximum width, inches ; thickness, .04 of one inch. About one-half inch fromthe central part of the convex margin of the body, inches apart, are two perfora-tions by the aid of which this ornament, in early times doubtless highly polished,could be fastened to the chest or suspended from the neck, the horns pointi
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