. Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington . Fig. 12. Shell gorget with cross, from a mound in Union couuty, 111. is partially inclosed on one side by a semicircular line, and has nowno other definition than that given by four triangular perforationswhich separate the arms. The face of the cross is ornamented withsix carelessly drawn incised lines, interlacing in the center, asshown in the cut—three extending along the arm to the right andthree passing down the lower arm to the enclosing line. I have 168 TRANSACTIONS OF THE not been able to learn anything of the character of t
. Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington . Fig. 12. Shell gorget with cross, from a mound in Union couuty, 111. is partially inclosed on one side by a semicircular line, and has nowno other definition than that given by four triangular perforationswhich separate the arms. The face of the cross is ornamented withsix carelessly drawn incised lines, interlacing in the center, asshown in the cut—three extending along the arm to the right andthree passing down the lower arm to the enclosing line. I have 168 TRANSACTIONS OF THE not been able to learn anything of the character of the intermentswith which this specimen was associated. The gorget shown in Fig. 13 contains a typical example of thecross of the mound builder. The border of the disk is plain, withthe exception of the usual perforations at the top. The cross isenclosed in a carelessly drawn circle; and the spaces between thearms, which in other examples are entirely cut out or filled withrays or other figures, are here decorated with a reticulated pat-. FlG. 13. Shell gorget with cross, from a mound in Tennessee. tern. The lines which define the arms of the cross intersect inthe middle of the disk. The square figure thus produced in thecenter contains a device that is probably significant. A double-curved or S-shaped incised line, widened at the ends, extends ob-
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