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Hopewell Mound Group 



proper is surmounted by a pair of antlers, in form very much like the 

 copper antler, illustrated in Plate XLIX, which was probably a part 

 of a similar mask. 



The two copper head-dresses found in the large mound have already 

 been mentioned. The other one, with the horns just sprouting, or in 

 the velvet, is shown in Plate LXXI. Willoughby states, "Both of these 



Fig. 62. 

 Decorated Bones from Altar 2. 



forms are indicated in the incised carvings shown in Figs. 20 and 21. 

 These tracings show that the carving is not merely a mixture of 

 meaningless lines, but is a combination of several heads drawn within 

 a prescribed limit, so arranged that the outline of one face forms parts 

 of other heads or faces." 



Many incised carvings of the same character of those recovered were 



