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antlers turned back by the superincumbent weight of earth. The head- 

 plate was originally of the form illustrated in Fig. 12a, and covered the 

 head from the forehead to the base of the skull, and the branching 

 antlers probably rose perpendicularly. In the construction of the 

 antlers the aboriginal artisan first selected limbs having the proper 

 curve and the required number of branches similarly arranged. These 



Fig. 11. 

 Head-dress on Skeleton 248. 



were cut to a suitable form and carefully covered^ with thin copper. 

 The bases of the antlers were perforated laterally and secured beneath 

 the head-plate." v 



Eleven skeletons (Nos. 249-259) were found in Section 2, with 

 which there were no objects. All were extremely decayed and could 



