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Identifier: explorationofmun21heye (find matches)
Title: Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924, joint author
Subjects: Munsee Indians
Publisher: New York, The Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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a b c Fig. 8.—Triangular shell pendants found with Skeletons 8 and 10. The other three triangular pendants were found under the lowerjaw of Skeleton 10. In form they are similar to that first described,but the perforation for suspension is drilled through the longeraxis, as shown in figure 8, b-d. There is no evidence of ornamentation on any of these pendants.
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HEY E-PEPPER—EXPLORATION OF A M UN SEE CEMETERY 37 BIRD FIGURES Shell ornaments in the shape of birds are represented by tenspecimens, all of which are in the form of pendants and were foundwith burials. Eight were taken out in the course of our work,while the other two, as previously mentioned, were found by MrBell. Of the ten examples six portray the body of a bird as itappears with wings folded; the other four represent the wingsextended, and in each specimen the other main physical featuresare likewise indicated. Figure 9 shows one of a series of six bird-shaped pendants ofshell, similar in general form, found near theneck of Skeleton 36. They vary somewhatin shape and size. These shell effigies repre-sent the owl; two of them show the eyes andthe beak. There is no evidence of decorationon the body portions. The hole for thesuspension of the pendants passes through the neck, and it is evident that the objects had been worn a longtime, as the ends of the beads with which they wer

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