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SHELL MASK GORGET
SCHUYLER COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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This small shell mask gorget was found in Schuyler
County, near the town of Bluff City, Illinois by Floyd
Starkey in 1959. He found it while digging a
foundation for a house. This shell mask is engraved
with a more complicated eye design known as a
weeping eye design or forked eye surround. Also
notice that only one eye has a circle engraved around
it. This shell mask measures 3 3/4 inches (9.5 cm) long
and 3 1/4 inches (8.2 cm) wide.
COPYRIGHT
AUGUST 31, 2006 PETER A. BOSTROM
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