Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . ;long, cylindrical beads; those made of oli-vella shells; those spherical in form; andlarge disc-beads. The disc-beads were found with Skele-tons 7, 26, 29, and 30, and already havebeen described. Wampum beads of the usual type werefound with four of the skeletons. Aboutthe neck of Skeleton 30 were nine beads ofthis kind; resting on the chest of Skeleton36 were 237, and on the cranium of Skele-ton 37 there were 45. There were 130 with Skeleton 61, and, asmentioned in connection with the description of that skeleton (page29), were lyi
Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey . ;long, cylindrical beads; those made of oli-vella shells; those spherical in form; andlarge disc-beads. The disc-beads were found with Skele-tons 7, 26, 29, and 30, and already havebeen described. Wampum beads of the usual type werefound with four of the skeletons. Aboutthe neck of Skeleton 30 were nine beads ofthis kind; resting on the chest of Skeleton36 were 237, and on the cranium of Skele-ton 37 there were 45. There were 130 with Skeleton 61, and, asmentioned in connection with the description of that skeleton (page29), were lying in rows under the left shoulder, as if they hadformed a belt-like object. Cylindrical or tubular shell beads were found in six of thegraves. These are of the form so readily cut from the columellaof a univalve, and range in length from 1 to 4! in. None of themis ornamented, and in most cases the surface has Skeleton 8 were five beads of this variety, associated with smallglass beads in such manner as probably to have formed a necklace. Fig. 17. — Shell pendantrepresenting a beaver, foundwith Skeleton 59. 44 MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN (pi. v). Under the jaw of Skeleton 17 there were nine more of thistype, found in connection with a spherical shell bead and a numberof glass beads. About the neck of Skeleton 18 were nine cylindricalbeads and a number of glass ones. Forming part of a deposit ofornaments near the right hand of Skeleton 29 was a single bead ofthis type, and under the right cheek-bone of Skeleton 30 there wasanother, shown in plate vn, a. Skeleton 59 was accompanied withseven of these beads, lying near the neck. A single spherical shell bead was found; it was lying with thetubular beads under the jaw of Skeleton 17. With Skeleton 6 were two small beads made from olivella shells,but they are greatly disintegrated. Although this type of beadsis abundant in many eastern sites, these were the only ones foundin connection with the burials at Mini
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