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description and illustration of a curious specimen belonging to A. E. 

 Douglass, of New York City. There are thus seven of these south- 

 ern gorgets, bearing representations of human figures, illustrations of 

 which are easily accessible to the student. No two of these are 

 exactly alike. It is not necessary here to redescribe them, but a few 

 points regarding each need emphasis : 



(a). A curious piece, whereon the human figure is so crudely and 

 conventionally represented that great pains are necessary to detect it 

 at all, in what at first sight looks like a meaningless combination of 

 lines. The joints of the arms and legs are quite unanatomical, and 

 the feet are developed into single, well-defined talons or claws which 

 fold upward against the knee. Perforations, from one-fourth to one- 

 sixteenth of an inch in diameter, occur at several places, particularly 

 at joints of the figure and at the junction of two or more lines. 

 There are twenty-six of these. Tennessee. 



■ (p). The same general idea occurs here, but the human figure is 

 more easily recognized. The arms are curiously jointed; the hands 

 are well defined. There are plume-like appendages along the arms 

 and legs. The feet are developed into single claws. From the 

 mouth, which is well supplied with teeth, there is a nondescript 

 appendage, "which may be part of the costume, or, since it issues 

 from the mouth, may possibly symbolize speech." There are five 

 perforations, including the suspension holes. Tennessee. 



(c). A sacrificial scene. An upright figure in profile, decked with 

 ornaments. With arms extended, he is advancing. Before him he holds 

 a severed human head with face downward. His head is large, occu- 

 pying one-third the height of the whole figure. The face is tatooed 

 diagonally across the face from below the eye to below the ear. The 

 pupil of the eye is indicated by a pit-like depression. A peculiar 

 apron-like object hangs from a belt at the waist, and a fan-like exten- 

 sion of the costume, somewhat like a bird's tail, descends between the 

 legs. A peculiar object projects from the mouth. The severed head 

 presents face tatoo marks and the curious mouth object. Missouri. 



(^/). Fragmentary. A remarkable piece of work. Two human 

 figures, plumed, winged, and with feet like those of eagles are repre- 

 sented in profile, facing, and engaged in deadly combat. The great 

 wings and the many feathered tails are notable. Tennessee. 



{e). Fragmentary. Two figures, one erect the other prostrate. 

 Both are tatooed. The victor has a zigzag line running from the 

 root of the nose across the cheek to the neck; the other is marked 



