. The Antiquarian [serial]. Fig. 3—Side view of the Bush image. Fig. 4—Image from Barlow county, Georgia. One-fifthsize. the sloping face, or face turned obliquelyupward, is a marked characteristic, as weshall see, of half a dozen or more imagesfound chiefly in Tennessee. Special atten-tion is therefore called to this feature. There was in the possession of ColonelLewis Tumlin in 1859 a stone idol whichhad been plowed up near the large moundof the Etowah group, Bartow county, Ga.,on the plantation of that gentleman. This,according to Colonel C. C. Jones, consistedof a male figure in a sitting
. The Antiquarian [serial]. Fig. 3—Side view of the Bush image. Fig. 4—Image from Barlow county, Georgia. One-fifthsize. the sloping face, or face turned obliquelyupward, is a marked characteristic, as weshall see, of half a dozen or more imagesfound chiefly in Tennessee. Special atten-tion is therefore called to this feature. There was in the possession of ColonelLewis Tumlin in 1859 a stone idol whichhad been plowed up near the large moundof the Etowah group, Bartow county, Ga.,on the plantation of that gentleman. This,according to Colonel C. C. Jones, consistedof a male figure in a sitting posture. Theknees were drawn up almost upon a levelwith the chin, the hands resting upon andclasping either knee. The chin and fore-head were retreating. The hair was gath-ered in a knot behind. The face was up-turned and the eyes were angular. Un-fortunately this specimen was lost duringthe war. Another, however, was plowed upin the same place, of which a side view ispresented in figure 4, taken from the castin the Smi
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