Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . ere found inthe Seip mound, west of Chillicothe, the present speci-mens are the only effigy teeth of the kind so far takenfrom Ohio mounds. EAR ORNAMENTS OF COPPER AND SILVER The spool-shaped ear ornaments, so characteristicof the Hopewell culture, were fairly plentiful in theMound City group, particularly in mounds numbers 13 Exploration of the Mound City Group 555 and 7. They were made of two separate concavo-con-vex plates cut into the proper form and connected by acentral tubular column. The circular plates, formingthe lobes of the ear ornament
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . ere found inthe Seip mound, west of Chillicothe, the present speci-mens are the only effigy teeth of the kind so far takenfrom Ohio mounds. EAR ORNAMENTS OF COPPER AND SILVER The spool-shaped ear ornaments, so characteristicof the Hopewell culture, were fairly plentiful in theMound City group, particularly in mounds numbers 13 Exploration of the Mound City Group 555 and 7. They were made of two separate concavo-con-vex plates cut into the proper form and connected by acentral tubular column. The circular plates, formingthe lobes of the ear ornaments, were of approximatelythe same size, averaging one and one-half inches indiameter. At the Harness mound, south of Chillicothe,these objects were found in great numbers, and, in ad-dition to those made of copper, there were several ofmeteoric iron, and others of copper covered with a thinplating of silver. The specimens shown in Fig. 79 are from burialnumber 12, mound number 7, and have one side madeof copper and the other of native
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