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COLLECTIONS OF iflSl. 



mens. The part of the figure inclosed by this band repre- 

 sents the head and neck of the serpent. To the right of the 



eve we have the mouth, which is usually shown in profile, the 

 upper jaw being turned upward exhibiting a double row of 

 notches or teeth. The body encircles the head in a single 

 coil, which appears from beneath the neck on the right, passes 

 around the front of the head, and terminates at the back in 

 a pointed tail armed with well defined rattles. The spots 

 and scales of the serpent are represented iu a highly con- 

 ventionalized manner. 



Fig. 121. 



Fin. 122. 

 Shell gorgets with engraved designs representing the rattlesnake. 



62841-62845. The handsome specimen given in Fig. 124 is in a very 

 good state of preservation. It is a deep, somewhat oval 

 plate, made from a Busycon perversum. The surface is nicely 

 polished and the margins neatly beveled. The marginal zone 

 is less than half an inch wide and contains at the upper edge 

 two perforations, which have been considerably abraded by 

 the cord of suspension. Four long curved slits or perfora- 

 tions almost sever the central design from the rim ; the four 



