Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . Fig. 13.—Shell bird pendant found by Mr Bell. except that in the present specimen the dots are not in contact withthe lines. Extending along the upper edge of the wings is a line ofdots enclosed in small circles, and there are faint indications ofanother line near the central part of the wings. There is a drilledperforation near the tip of the left wing, as if to facilitate the attach-ment of a feather or some other symbolic object. FISH FIGURES Shell ornaments in the shape of fish are not uncommon inAlgonquian and Iroquois burial si
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . Fig. 13.—Shell bird pendant found by Mr Bell. except that in the present specimen the dots are not in contact withthe lines. Extending along the upper edge of the wings is a line ofdots enclosed in small circles, and there are faint indications ofanother line near the central part of the wings. There is a drilledperforation near the tip of the left wing, as if to facilitate the attach-ment of a feather or some other symbolic object. FISH FIGURES Shell ornaments in the shape of fish are not uncommon inAlgonquian and Iroquois burial sites. In some sections of theEast they are usually crudely fashioned, but those found in theMinisink mound are uniformly well executed. All the shell ornaments of this type from the mound were foundwith skeletons. There are six specimens, five representing aporpoise-like creature and the sixth a lamprey eel. CONTR. MUS. AMER. INDIAN VOL. II, NO. 1. PL. XIV. A. BRASS KETTLES FOUND WITH SKELETONS 39 AND 51
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