450 



COLLECTIONS OF 1881. 



shaped sections of the lower whorl of marine univalves. 

 The lower portion, which represents the neck and chin, is cut 

 from the somewhat constricted part near the base of the shell, 



Fig. 125. (02348.) Mask-like objeol of shell. 



while the broad outline of the head reaches the first suture 

 at the noded shoulder of the body whorl. The simplest form 

 is shown in Fig. 125. A more elaborate form is given in 

 Fig. 126. 



Fig. 126. (62347.) Mask -like object of shell. 



These objects are especially numerous in the mounds of 

 Tennessee, but their range is quite wide, examples having 

 been reported from Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, 

 and Arkansas, and smaller ones of a somewhat different type 

 from New York. In size they range from 2 to 10 inches in 

 length, the width being considerably less. They are gen- 

 erally found associated with human remains in such a way 



