. Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington . FlG. 9. Cross fflbm a shell gorget. cisive, it is identical with forms engraved upon other objects andassociated with other symbols. The conclusion reached is thathere, as elsewhere, the cross has a purely symbolic character. 166 TRANSACTIONS OF THE In Fig. 9 we have an example of the Fylfot Cross, whichoccurs upon the back of a spider engraved on a shell gorget, fromthe same locality as the preceding. In another case the cross issurrounded by a rectangular framework of lines, looped at thecorners, and guarded by four mysterious bir
. Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington . FlG. 9. Cross fflbm a shell gorget. cisive, it is identical with forms engraved upon other objects andassociated with other symbols. The conclusion reached is thathere, as elsewhere, the cross has a purely symbolic character. 166 TRANSACTIONS OF THE In Fig. 9 we have an example of the Fylfot Cross, whichoccurs upon the back of a spider engraved on a shell gorget, fromthe same locality as the preceding. In another case the cross issurrounded by a rectangular framework of lines, looped at thecorners, and guarded by four mysterious birds. The example pre-sented in Fig. lo was obtained from a stone grave on the Cumber-land river, Tennessee. It is a shell gorget of the usual form. Inthe center is a symmetrical cross of the Greek type inclosed in a. Fig. io. Shell gorget with a cross. circle. Outside of this are eight pointed pyramidal rays orna-mented with transverse lines. The whole design presents a remark-able combination of the two symbols, the cross and the sun. Theouter portion is very interesting and of a character purely aborigi-nal.
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