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In Fig. 9 we have an example of the Fylfot Cross, which occurs upon the back of a spider engraved on a shell gorget, from the same locality as the preceding. In another case the cross is surrounded by a rectangular framework of lines, looped at the corners, and guarded by four mysterious birds. The example presented in Fig. 10 was obtained from a stone grave on the Cumber. land river, Tennessee. It is a shell gorget of the usual form. the center is a symmetrical cross of the Greek type inclosed in a

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eight pointed pyramidal rays ornamented with transverse lines. The whole design presents a remarkable combination of the two symbols, the cross and the sun. outer portion is very interesting and of a character purely aborigi

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Fig. 11. Cross from a shell gorget.

The cross shown in Fig. 11 is taken from a gorget similar to the one just described.

The gorget presented in Fig. 12 belongs to the collection of Mr. F. M. Perrine, and was obtained from a mound in Union county, Illinois. It is a little more than three inches in diameter and has been ground down to a uniform thickness of about one-twelfth of of an inch. The surfaces are smooth, and the margin is carefully rounded and polished. Near the upper edge are two perforations for suspension. The cord passed between the holes on the concave side, wearing a shallow groove. On the convex side the cord

marks extend upward and outward, indicating the usual method of suspension about the neck of the wearer. The cross which occu

pies the center of the concave face of the disk is quite simple. It

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Shell gorget with cross, from a mound in Union county, Ill. is partially inclosed on one side by a semicircular line, and has now no other definition than that given by four triangular perforations which separate the arms. The face of the cross is ornamented with six carelessly drawn incised lines, interlacing in the center, as shown in the cut-three extending along the arm to the right and three passing down the lower arm to the enclosing line. I have

not been able to learn anything of the character of the interments with which this specimen was associated.

The gorget shown in Fig. 13 contains a typical example of the cross of the mound builder. The border of the disk is plain, with the exception of the usual perforations at the top. The cross is enclosed in a carelessly drawn circle; and the spaces between the arms, which in other examples are entirely cut out or filled with rays or other figures, are here decorated with a reticulated pat

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FIG. 13. Shell gorget with cross, from a mound in Tennessee.

The lines which define the arms of the cross intersect in the middle of the disk. The square figure thus produced in the center contains a device that is probably significant. A doublecurved or S-shaped incised line, widened at the ends, extends ob

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liquely across the square from the right upper to the left lower corner. This figure appears to be an elementary or unfinished. form of the device found in the center of some of the more elabo

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rately carved disks of shell. This specimen was obtained from a mound on Lick Creek, Tenn., and is now in the Peabody Museum. The drawing is somewhat inaccurate in detail, as it was made from a hastily executed pencil sketch. Other forms from Tennessee, Illinois, and New York are shown in Figs. 14, 15, and 16.

The small gorget presented in Fig. 17 is of inferior workmanship, and the lines and dots seem to have a somewhat haphazard arrangement. The cross, which may or may not be significant, consists of two shallow irregular grooves, which intersect at right angles. near the center of the disk and terminate near the border. There

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Fig. 17. Shell gorget with cross, from a mound, Tennessee.

are indications of an irregular, somewhat broken, concentric line near the margin. A number of shallow conical pits have been drilled at rather irregular intervals over most of the surface. A triangular fragment is lost from the lower margin of the disk. This specimen was obtained from a mound on Lick Creek, East Tenn., by Mr. Dunning.

In Fig. 18 I present a large fragment of a circular shell ornament, on the convex surface of which a very curious pattern has been engraved. The design, inclosed by a circle, represents a cross such as would be formed by two rectangular tablets or slips, slit longitudinally and interlaced at right angles to each other. Between the arms of the cross, in the spaces inclosed by the circular border line, are four annular nodes, having small conical depressions in

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FIG. 18. Shell gorget, from a mound on Fain's Island, Tennessee.

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FIG. 19. Fragment of a shell gorget, from Charleston, Missouri.

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