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Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 504

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well culture excelled was that of sculpture and carv-ing. Their depiction of life forms, as displayed in the tobaccopipes of stone, and the carvings of conventional and emblematicdesigns on bone, shell, and cut from sheet mica, are remarkableexamples of artistic conception and execution, and would… … Conventional Designs, cut from Mica; the Harness Mound. together with the custom of erecting sacred structures andcremating the dead, will convince the reader that the Hopewelland the Fort Ancient peoples were widely separated in point ofcultural development and advancement. In the preceding pages…

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