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A piece of copper was also under his breast. His arms were par- 
tially extended, his hands resting about a foot from his head. Around 

Fic. 28.—Cylindrieal copper bead from mound, Caldwell County, North Carolina. 
each wrist were the remains of a bracelet composed of copper and shell 
beads, alternating, thus (Fig. 29): 

Fic, 29.—Bracelet of copper and shell beads, Caldwell County, North Carolina. 
At his right hand were four iron specimens, much corroded but 
still showing the form. Two of them were of uniform thickness, one 
not sharpened at the ends or edges, the other slightly sharpened at one 
end, 5 to 34 inches long, 1 to 14 inches broad, and about a quarter of an 
inch thick. The form is shown in Fig. 30. Another is 5 inches long, 

Fic. 30.—Iron celt from mound, Caldwell County, North Carolina. 
slightly tapering in width from one and an eighth to seven-eighths of 
an inch, both edges sharp; it is apparently part of the blade of a 
long, slender, cutting or thrusting weapon of some kind, as a sword, 
dagger, or knife. (Shown in Fig. 31.) The other specimen is part of a 
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