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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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A. BRASS KETTLES FOUND WITH SKELETONS 39 AND 51
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B. EUROPEAN CLAY PIPES FOUND WITH THE BODIES H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A M UN SEE CEMETERY 41 The largest ornaments of this class were found with Skeleton 53;they were resting on the left scapula and had probably been thependants of a necklace, as shell and glass beads were found nearthe neck of the skeleton. The best preserved specimen is shownin natural size in figure 14. The shovel-shaped nose, curved back,and the large dorsal fin give it somewhat the appearance of aporpoise or a dolphin. The tail and the dorsal, ventral, and anal finsare carved in relief. The eye is represented by a dot within a circle,and in addition to a well-defined decorative band there are tracesof two other bands on the eroded portion of the shell. The figurehas two holes for the passage of a suspending cord, one on each sideof the dorsal fin, the lower openings being midway between theventral and the anal fin.

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