HOLMES. 1 THE SERPENT THE HUMAN FACE. 293 



much like the Sevicrville specimens and is made of the same species of 

 shell. The markings of the space beneath the head are peculiar, and 

 in some other details it diti'ers from the other specimens. 



Fig. 6 illustrates a large speciu>en nowin the National Collection. It 

 is also from Tennessee, and resembles the preceding examples quite 

 closely. 



The specimens illustrated in Plate LXV represent a somewhat differ- 

 ent type of design, but are found associated with the others. The three 

 shown in Figs. 2, G, and 7 belong to the Peabody Museum, and are 

 from mounds in East Tennessee. The others are in the National Collec- 

 tion, and come from the same region. 



It was my intention to pursue this study somewhat further, and the 

 illustrations presented in Plate LXVI were partially prepared for the 

 purpose of instituting comparisons between these northern forms and 

 others of the south, but the time at my disposal will not permit of it. 



Fig. 1 is an outline of a rattlesnake gorget, probably from Georgia, 

 which is preserved in the Natural History Museum of New York. It 

 is four inches in length by three and one-half in width. The same spec- 

 imen is figured by Jones in Plate XXX of his "Antiquities of the South- 

 ern Indians." 



Fig. 2 represents a large specimen from Tennessee, which is now pre- 

 served in the National Collection. The design is placed upon the gorget 

 somewhat differently from the other specimens, the mouth of the ser- 

 pent being near the top and the neck below at the right. There is also 

 a dotted belt at the right of the head which is not found in any of the 

 specimens described. 



Figs. 3 and 4 represent drawings of serpents' heads found in the an- 

 cient city of Chimu, Peru.' 



Fig. 5 is copied from one of tlie codices of Goldsborough, and is a 

 very spirited representation of a plumed and spotted rattlesnake. 



The tablet shown in Fig. C has already been described under " scal- 

 loped disks." 



The remarkable plumed and feathered serpent given in Fig. 7 is painted 

 upon the rocks at Lake Nijapa, Nicaragua.^ 



THE HCMAN FACE. 



A very important groutp of shell ornaments represent, more or less 

 distinctly, the human face. By a combination of engraving and sculpt- 

 ure a rude resemblance to the features is produced. The objects are 

 generally made from a large pear-shaped section of the lower whorl of 

 heavy marine univalves. The lower portion, which represents the neck 

 and chin, is cut from the somewhat restricted part near the base of the 

 shell, while the broad outline of the head reaches the first suture of the 

 noded shoulder of the body whorl. The simplest form is represented 



'Squier: Peru, p. Id6. 



'Bancroft: Native Races of the Pacific States, vol. IV., p. 37. 



