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Title: Antiquities of the southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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lin, in1859, the writer examined an idol which had beenploughed up near the large mound on the EtowahRiver, upon the plantation of that gentleman. It1was made of a coarse dark sandstone, and was twelveinches hioh. It consisted of a male figure in a sittingposture. The knees were drawn up almost upon alevel with the chin, the hands resting upon and clasp-ing either knee. The chin and forehead were retreat-ino\ The hair was gathered into a knot behind. Theface was upturned and the eyes were angular. Unfor-tunately, this image was lost or destroyed amid the deso-lations consequent upon Shermans march throughGeorgia in 1864, but its place has been supplied byanother recently found in the same neighborhood. Itwas ploughed up on Colonel Tumlins plantation,near the base of the large tumulus2 located within thearea formed by the moat and the Etowah River, and 1 Jones Monumental Remains of Georgia, parti, pp. 108,109. Savan-nah, 1861. 2 Ibid., part 1, p. 27, ei seq. Savannah, 1861. Ftate IX V7
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AM. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHICOH Y.i 0S30RHES PROCESS - ETOWAH IDOL. 488 is certainly the most interesting idol thus far dis-covered in this State. The accompanying front, rear,and profile views (see Plate XXVI.), afford an intelli-gent idea of the peculiarities of this image. It is afemale figure, in a sitting posture. The legs, however,are entirely rudimentary and unformed. Its height isfifteen inches and three-quarters, and its weight thirty-three and a half pounds. Cut out of a soft talcoserock, originally of a grayish hue, it has been in timeso much discolored that it now presents a ferruginousappearance. Below the navel, and enveloping the but-tocks and rudimentary thighs, is a hip-dress, orna-mented both on the left side and behind by rectangu-lar, circular, and irregular lines. The ears are pierced,and the head is entirely bald. In the centre of the topof the head a hole has been drilled half an inch indepth, and five-tenths of an inch in diameter. Thisprobably formed the socket in whi

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