396 MOUNDVILLE REVISITED. 
In addition to several gorgets, of which only traces remained, we got from the 
ground south of Mound Da 
gorget (Fig. 94) lying be- 
tween the skulls of an infant 
and of an adult at full 
- length on the back, which 
were almost іп contact. 
The decoration of the gor- 
get, which we believe to be 
a very highly convention- 
alized serpent design—the 
rattles and eyes, and pos- 
sibly a fang, being, we 
think, distinguishable — is 
shown in Fig. 95. 
A fragmentary gorget 
of shell is of interest in that 
upon it stand two birds 
facing each other with a 
shrub or bush between. 
This same design was found 
by us on a shell gorget from 
Fie. 94.—Shell gorget. (Full size.) 
a mound on the Alabama 
river, above the city of 
Montgomery, and is found at 
the present day among the 
Huichol Indians? descend- 
ants of ancient Mexicans. 
With respect to shell 
objects, in one instance alone 
were we fortunate. Burial 
No. 98, the skeleton of an 
adult extended on the back, 
had on one side of the head 
a bowl and on the other side 
a water-bottle. Оп the 
breast, protected by a bone, 
which had got in position 
above it, was a superb gor- 
get (Figs. 96, 97) with 
E : "IG. 95.—Sl 
incised decoration represent- Аза ратынын pio a a ы Ee EEE EA 
'“ Certain Aboriginal Remains of the Alabama River,” Fig. 55. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. of 
Phila., Vol. XI. 
? Dr. Carl Lumholtz, “ Decorative Art of the Huichol Indians,” Figs. 486 and 437. Am. Mus 
Nat. Hist. Memoirs. Vol. III. 
