Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . 22.—COPPEE BEACELKTb. often found in the mounds, usually encirclingthe arms of skeletons. But they are not un-common in the altar mounds. They consist ofa small rod of copper, hammered out with moreor less skill, and so bent that the ends approachor lap over each other. Some of them are ex-ceedingly well and smoothly wrought. A kindof copper gorget or plate, apparently to be wornon the breast, is occasionally found. Figure 23. 23.—COPPEP. GORGET, is an example. The original is eight and a halfinches in greatest length, and four an
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . 22.—COPPEE BEACELKTb. often found in the mounds, usually encirclingthe arms of skeletons. But they are not un-common in the altar mounds. They consist ofa small rod of copper, hammered out with moreor less skill, and so bent that the ends approachor lap over each other. Some of them are ex-ceedingly well and smoothly wrought. A kindof copper gorget or plate, apparently to be wornon the breast, is occasionally found. Figure 23. 23.—COPPEP. GORGET, is an example. The original is eight and a halfinches in greatest length, and four and a quarterinches broad, perforated with two holes near itsupper edge. A large number of disks or medalsof copper, which, to use a familiar illustration,resemble the bosses used on harnesses. Someof them are not less than ten inches in are formed of thin plates of copper, areperfectly round and concave-convex in 24 is an example of this kind of disk,and represents also two specimens of a smallervariety of boss or button. These present a con-vex and plane surface, and are identical in shapewith the old-fashioned buttons which linger onthe small clothes of our grandfathers. Theyare hollow. Some are perforated from theirVol. XXI.—No. 122.—M
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