Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . Fig. 11.—Shell bird pendant found with Skeleton 30. attached to the necklace of shell discs and beads lying bird is more delicately carved than the one just described. Ithas an oval body and scimitar-shaped wings which taper from thebody outward. The raised portion forming the beak and the slightindication of the eyes are the only decorative features that remain,the surface being soft and chalky from Fig. 12.—Shell bird pendant found by Mr Bell. One of the bird figures found with the skeleton of a child by
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . Fig. 11.—Shell bird pendant found with Skeleton 30. attached to the necklace of shell discs and beads lying bird is more delicately carved than the one just described. Ithas an oval body and scimitar-shaped wings which taper from thebody outward. The raised portion forming the beak and the slightindication of the eyes are the only decorative features that remain,the surface being soft and chalky from Fig. 12.—Shell bird pendant found by Mr Bell. One of the bird figures found with the skeleton of a child by MrBell (pi. ix, b, and fig. 12) presents a surface the major portion of
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