bolmrs.] SHELL GORGETS FROM TENNESSEE. 467 



62928 A shell ornament, on tbe convex surface of which a very curious 

 ornamental design has been engraved. The design, in- 

 closed by a circle, represents a cross such as would be formed 

 by two rectangular tablets or slips, slit longitudinally and 

 interlaced at right angles to each other. The lines are neatly 

 and deeply incised. The edge of the ornament has been 

 broken away nearly all around. It is represented natural 

 size in the cut. Fig. 140. 



62929. This disk is somewhat more convex on the front than is indicated 

 in the engraving. It is 2£ inches in diameter, and is quite 

 thin and fragile, although the surface has not suffered much 

 from decay. The margin is ornamented with twenty-four 

 very neatly made notches or scallops. Immediately inside 

 the border on the convex side are two iucised circles, on the 

 outer of which two small perforations for suspension have 

 been made ; inside of these, and less than half an inch from 

 the margin, is a circle of seventeen subtriangular perfla- 

 tions, the inner angle of each being much rounded. Inside 

 of this again is another incised circle, about 1£ inches in 

 diameter, which incloses the highly conventionalized figure 

 of an insect resembling a spider. The middle segment of the 

 body is nearly round and has near the center a large conical 

 perforation. This round portion corresponds to the thorax 

 of the insect and has four pairs of legs attached to it. It is 

 difficult to distinguish the anterior and posterior extremi- 

 ties of the body. It is probable that the subtriangular fig- 

 ure below is intended for the head, as the two circles with 

 central dots are good representations of eyes. Fig. 141. 



ANIMAL SUBSTANCES. 



62910,62911,62912. A number of bone implements, including needles, 

 perforators, and paddle shaped objects, found with the skele- 

 tons in the mound. 



