Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . FlG. 65—Flint arrow points. (Two-thirds size.) burial in small bags made of woven fabric. The graphite prob-ably comes from the North Carolina district. Explorations of the Edwin Harness Mound. 181 OBJECTS MADE OF SHELL. Objects of shell, for the .most part, were made of oceanshells, though the shells of the fresh water mussels were used inmaking spoons with small handles, which were beautifully andsymmetrically made. The pearls taken from the mussels werealso used as ornaments. For some reason the ocean shells sup-plied their aboriginal wants and
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . FlG. 65—Flint arrow points. (Two-thirds size.) burial in small bags made of woven fabric. The graphite prob-ably comes from the North Carolina district. Explorations of the Edwin Harness Mound. 181 OBJECTS MADE OF SHELL. Objects of shell, for the .most part, were made of oceanshells, though the shells of the fresh water mussels were used inmaking spoons with small handles, which were beautifully andsymmetrically made. The pearls taken from the mussels werealso used as ornaments. For some reason the ocean shells sup-plied their aboriginal wants and needs better than the shellsfound at their very door. The ocean shells were doubtless
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