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glance. But the most interesting and valuable in the 

 list are a number of sculptured human heads, no 

 doubt faithfully representing the predominant physical 

 features of the ancient people by whom they were 

 made. We here engrave two of the best examples : 

 Fig. 1. was obtained from the famous ancient works 

 known as " Mound City," on the Sciato Kiver, in Eoss 

 County, Ohio. It represents the head, apparently of 



Fig. 1. 



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a chief, decorated with a raised head-dress, the fore- 

 head having a border of pearls inserted in the black 

 stone of which the pipe is composed ; the face is 

 tattooed or decorated with incised lines deeply cut. 

 Fig. 2. is considered by Mr. Squier as the "most 

 beautiful head of the series, and is evidently that of 

 a female. It is carved from a compact stone, smooth 

 and well polished. The muscles of the face are well 

 exhibited, and the forehead finely moulded. The eyes 

 are prominent and open, and the lips full and rounded. 

 Whether the head is encased in a sort of hood, or 

 whether the hair is platted across the forehead and 

 down the sides of the face, is not easy to say, as the 

 action of fire used in the service of the dead has 



