RECENT ACQUISITIONS. 1 

 By Clarence B. Moore. 



A Copper Gorget. 

 This gorget, shown in Fig. 18, 

 is of hammered copper, undoubtedly 

 native. It has a length of 8 inches. 

 a maximum breadth of 3.1 inches. 

 Its thickness, which is slightly ir- 

 regular, has a maximum of .26 of an 

 inch. Its weight is 17 ounces. It 

 is covered with carbonate and has a 

 perforation for suspension at one end. 

 A small corner has been cut away 

 since its discovery, doubtless to 

 determine the nature of the metal. 



This gorget has been examined 

 by a number of experts in aboriginal 

 copper, none of whom have seen a 

 duplicate. It is certainly of extreme 

 rarity. 



Some time ago Professor J. W. 

 Spencer, State Geologist of Georgia, 

 heard of the discovery of the gorget 

 and kindly put us in communication 

 with the finder. 



The gorget, we learned, was 

 found with human remains and stone 

 implements in an excavation made 

 by the sons of Mr. James F. Dever. 

 of Rockmart, Polk county, Ga„ in a 

 mound near that place. Polk county 

 is on the Alabama line. The dis- 

 covery of the gorget created con- 

 siderable local excitement and at 

 first an undue value was put upon it. 



1 Now on exhibition in the Moore 

 Collection, Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia. 



24 JOURN. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. XI. 



Fig. 18.— Copper gorget. Mound 



Rockmart, Oa. (Full size.) 



