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Hopewell Mound Group 



From the bottom of the chignon, and extending downward along the 

 back, is a nearly flat projection which widens as it descends, and upon 

 this falls a cue-like object with its lower end missing. The lower lobe 

 of the ear is much distended by the insertion of a long curved ornament, 

 evidently of the same form and material as the ear-pendants obtained 

 from each side of the neck of a skeleton in the large mound (Fig. 69). 

 A scarf -like object hangs from the neck with its lower end broken. Upon 

 the uninjured portion is delineated a zigzag line; upon either side are 

 two dots; below are two horizontal lines, and between these lines are 

 three additional dots arranged in a row." 



Fig. 636. 

 Both Sides of the Engraved Bone. 



While many artifacts have been recovered from the Ohio mounds, 

 models or representations of human figures are few. Therefore, those 

 of terracotta from the Turner group, together with the ones illustrated 

 above from the Hopewell group, give us some little insight into the 

 mode of dress, method of wearing the hair, and the use of certain 

 ornaments among the ancient people of that region. The lines on all 

 the bone objects are well executed. This is particularly true of the 

 many fragments recovered from the site of Mound 1, and it is most 

 unfortunate that the many bone tubes evidently placed in it were 

 destroyed. The numbers of effigies and bone tracings found lead us to 



