Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . seems to be a bear—in a standingposition with the head toward the bowl-opening. OTHER METAL OBJECTS Metal objects of European origin were found with thirteen ofthe burials, namely, Nos. 7, 8, 24, 29, 31, 39, 51, 53, 57, 58, 59, 66,and 67. Spun-brass kettles were buried with Skeletons 39 and 51. The onefound with the former skeleton was resting on the skull; it is 8 diameter at the rim, and 3! in. deep. This kettle is perfect,with the exception of the iron bale, which had fallen apart throughcorrosion. The kettle found with Skel
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . seems to be a bear—in a standingposition with the head toward the bowl-opening. OTHER METAL OBJECTS Metal objects of European origin were found with thirteen ofthe burials, namely, Nos. 7, 8, 24, 29, 31, 39, 51, 53, 57, 58, 59, 66,and 67. Spun-brass kettles were buried with Skeletons 39 and 51. The onefound with the former skeleton was resting on the skull; it is 8 diameter at the rim, and 3! in. deep. This kettle is perfect,with the exception of the iron bale, which had fallen apart throughcorrosion. The kettle found with Skeleton 51 was near the leftside; it is 4 in. in diameter at the rim and 2\ in. deep. The bottomis broken and some pieces are missing, but the bale and attach-ments are intact. Its rim contains a core of iron. These speci-mens are shown in plate xiv, A. Four brass bracelets, besides fragments of others, found withSkeleton 53, are probably of European manufacture. The decora- 1 Toronto, 1891, p. 67, fig. 161. CONTR. MUS. AMER. INDIAN VOL. II, NO. 1 , PL. XXI. ALGONQUIAN JAR H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A M UN SEE CEMETERY 55 tion is in the form of bands of oblique lines, as shown in plate xvand figure 20. The small bracelet shown in the same plate wasfound in a grave by Mr. Bell. Small glass mirrors in metal frames were found with Skeletons24 and 39. Typical examples of these are shown in plate xvi. Two small brass bells, half an inch in diameter, were with Skele-ton 29, and with the same burial was a spoon of German silveror white metal (pi. xvn). With Skeleton 58 were pieces of fusedmetal; with Skeleton 59 a chain of copper (pi. xvn), and with Skele-ton 66, pieces of folded sheet-metal. Accompanying Skeleton 8 wasa rather elaborate wire ornament, probably of brass, only portionsof which remained; it is shown, together with other objects, in plateV, and the individual wire coils are illustrated in plate xvn. Pieces
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