Fig. 271.—Small bronze bird, with something in the mouth; very rude.
[DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXXVI.]
Figs. 272 to 274.—Wooden comb, the handle carved as links of a chain, with a figure at top.
Fig. 275.—Small iron knife or bill-hook; the edge on the convex side; with brass handle terminating in a pommel representing a human hand.
Fig. 276.—Bronze ægis. Two interlaced mud-fish. This perhaps shows the origin of the oval hole sometimes found on some of the objects, see Fig. [141], Plate XXIII, and Fig. [158], Plate XXV. This ægis has a broad leaf-shaped sword incised on the back of it, as shown in the annexed woodcut. These engravings are peculiar, and seem to denote a badge or mark, perhaps of ownership of some kind. The ægis is edged with eyelets, probably for suspending crotals, similar to Fig. [112], Plate XIX, and Figs. [126 and 127], Plate XXI.